Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera at the WorldPride Congress in Madrid 2017

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera (* 1980 ) is a Ugandan human rights activist. She is co-founder of Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG), an organization that has existed since 2003, which works to improve the situation of lesbian and bisexual women, transgender and intersex people (LBTI) in the country and whose management Nabagesera from the foundation to held as of June 2013.

Life

In October 2010, the Ugandan newspaper Rolling Stone published photos of various people marked as homosexual and called for killing. Among them was human rights activist David Kato . This was then murdered in January 2011. Nabagesera was also named in the newspaper.

In 2011, homosexual acts were illegal in 37 African countries. There is often a hostile mood towards homosexuals in the population. This is cheered in particular by Christian preachers, who are funded by clerical associations from the United States, as well as by Muslim preachers. Homosexuality is also illegal in Uganda - Nabagesera's homeland - and can be punished with long imprisonment. In 2011, a tightening of the punishment for homosexuals in Uganda was discussed.

Nabagesera is publicly committed to the rights of homosexuals, e.g. B. in radio broadcasts. Because of her commitment and the threat associated with it, Nabagesera is forced to change her whereabouts frequently.

Awards

• May 2011, Geneva : Martin Ennals Award
• 2013: International Nuremberg Human Rights Award
  • Civil courage award of the CSD Berlin
• October 2015 (presented on November 30, 2015 in Stockholm ): Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize ”, together with the Italian surgeon and peace activist Gino Strada , the Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier and the people of the Marshall Islands and his Foreign Minister Tony de Brum )

Web links

Commons : Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Portrait at rightlivelihoodaward.org (English)
• February 3, 2013, youtube.com: Kasha Nabagesera about the planned tightening of legislation against homosexuality in Uganda (English)
• The European , Interview with Sebastian Pfeffer, January 13, 2014, theeuropean.de: "It's best if nobody knows where I'll be spending the night"
• badische-zeitung.de , October 2, 2015: Alternative Nobel Prize for Marshall Islands (newspaper article with photo)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nuernberg .de: Human Rights Prize. Award winners. Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
2. ↑ faruganda.org: Our Vision.Retrieved September 22, 2013.
3. ↑ faruganda.wordpress.com: FARUG Announces Junic Wambya As New Executive Director July 1, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Obituary: Uganda gay activist David Kato. In: BBC News . January 27, 2011, accessed September 22, 2013 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Uganda gay activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera hailed. In: BBC News . May 4, 2011, accessed September 22, 2013 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ugandan activist excellent. (No longer available online.) In: dieStandard.at. May 4, 2011, archived from the original on May 5, 2011 ; Retrieved May 5, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ nuernberg.de (accessed on September 22, 2013)
8. ↑ csd-berlin.de ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed September 22, 2013) 
9. ↑ rightlivelihood.org ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed October 1, 2015)