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Prominent Ugandan gay rights activist critical after stabbing
- Steven Kabuye, a well-known gay rights activist from Uganda, has been hospitalized in critical condition following a stabbing.
- «Steven claims that these two guys’ intentions were to kill him not robbing and also claims that it seems they have been following him several days,» fellow activist Hans Senfuma wrote of the assault.
- Homosexual activity in Uganda is subject to significant cultural stigma and, in some cases, legal scrutiny.
A well-known gay rights activist in Uganda was stabbed by unknown assailants Wednesday, and police said he was hospitalized in critical condition.
A video posted on the social media platform X shows Steven Kabuye lying on the ground writhing in pain with a deep and long cut on his right arm and a knife stuck in his belly.
Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said that residents found Kabuye after the attack and that the activist was in critical condition.
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One of two attackers who arrived on a motorcycle tried to stab Kabuye in the neck, Onyango said.
«He (Kabuye) managed to shield his neck with his right arm, resulting in a stab wound to his hand. Despite attempting to flee, the assailants chased and stabbed him in the stomach,» Onyango said.
Ugandan gay rights activist Hans Senfuma said in another post on X that the attackers wanted to killed Kabuye.
«Steven claims that these two guys’ intentions were to kill him not robbing and also claims that it seems they have been following him several days,» Senfuma wrote.
The Ugandan flag, as seen at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)
Ugandan activists have expressed fears that a new law on homosexuality enacted last May would increase attacks against the gay community.
Homosexuality has long been illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law criminalizing sexual activity «against the order of nature,» with life imprisonment possible for a conviction. The new law added more offenses and punishments.
Kabuye had posted on X that he was deeply concerned about the consequences of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
«This law violates basic human rights and sets a dangerous precedent for discrimination and persecution against the LGBTQ+ community. Let us stand together in solidarity and fight against bigotry and hate,» he said.
The new law prescribes the death penalty for «aggravated homosexuality,» which is defined as cases of sexual relations involving people infected with HIV or with minors and other categories of vulnerable people. «Attempted aggravated homosexuality» carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.
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In addition, there is a 20-year prison term for «promoting» homosexuality, a broad category affecting everyone from journalists to rights activists and campaigners.
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Senior Islamic State leader killed in Iraq, Trump says his ‘miserable life was terminated’
The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq’s prime minister announced on Friday.
Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or «Abu Khadija,» was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement.
The prime minister described al-Rifai as «one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.»
U.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the news on his social media platform Truth Social, saying al-Rifai’s «miserable life was terminated.»
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani described al-Rifai as «one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.» (AP)
«Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,» Trump wrote Friday night. «He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government.»
«PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!» the president added.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that its forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and security forces, conducted an airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the «Global ISIS #2 leader, Chief of Global Operations and the Delegated Committee Emir – Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, alias ‘Abu Khadijah,’ and one other ISIS operative.»
U.S. President Donald Trump reacted by saying al-Rifai’s «miserable life was terminated.» (Getty Images)
«As the Emir of ISIS’ most senior decision-making body, Abu Khadijah maintained responsibility for operations, logistics, and planning conducted by ISIS globally, and directs a significant portion of finance for the group’s global organization,» CENTCOM said.
Islamic State/Iraq/Syria: A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding the ISIL banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or Syria. ISIL publicity image, 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After the strike, U.S. and Iraqi forces moved to the location of the strike and found both dead ISIS targets who were each wearing unexploded «suicide vests» and who had multiple weapons, CENTCOM said.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces were able to identify al-Rifai using DNA collected in a previous raid where he narrowly escaped.
«Abu Khadijah was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations that threaten our homeland and U.S., allied and partner personnel in the region and beyond,» Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander at CENTCOM, said in a statement.
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