26/02/2024
The repression of LGBTQIA people in the failed state of Uganda is now well documented. But just as advocacy groups have noted, the rulers of these countries will not stop there, and ultimately their repression will spread to everyone who dares to resist their authoritarian rule. This week the left wing paper Socialist Worker meets with activists from Students4ClimateJustice Uganda. They have faced brutal state repression since they took part in a protest to stop the environmentally destructive East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project going ahead. Seven activists were held in the police station for five days and then sent to Luzira Maximum Security Prison. Inside prison, activists say that agents from TotalEnergies, the multinational behind Eacop and one of the largest oil firms, came to intimidate the activists. Socialist Worker concludes "the repression of activists protesting against Eacop shows that, in reality, the lives of ordinary people don’t mean that much to leaders in the Global South".
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