CIJA expresses grave concern regarding the state-sanctioned persecution of LGBTQ2+ people in Uganda

CIJA
|June 06, 2023

On June 5, Jess Burke, CIJA's Director of LGBTQ2+ Partnerships, wrote Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, to demand Canada apply diplomatic pressure on Uganda to rescind its Anti-Homosexuality Act and to request urgent funding for the Rainbow Railroad and The Centre for African Refugees.
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