Activists and family gathered to honour Ugandan human rights activist David Kato.
AFP reports:
Ugandan gay rights activists braved hostility and stigma Thursday as they gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the murder of their fellow campaigner David Kato.
“We are here to celebrate and thank God for our beloved friend and human rights activist David Kato,” former Anglican bishop and gay rights campaigner Christopher Senyonjo told a crowd of around 100 activists and family members.
Kato, former advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), was found bludgeoned to death at his home outside Kampala on January 26, 2011.
In November, a Ugandan court sentenced Enoch Nsubuga, 22, to 30 years in jail after he admitted beating Kato to death with a hammer. Nsubuga had claimed he was reacting to to unwanted sexual advances.
Gay rights activists speaking at the event called Kato, 46 at the time of his death, “the godfather” of the Ugandan gay movement and said that his passing had left a large void in the life of the country’s gay community.
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