{"id":817,"date":"2014-12-19T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsnewundergroundrailroad.org\/?p=817"},"modified":"2015-05-01T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T18:20:00","slug":"maureen-nankya-what-i-didnt-know-is-that-its-not-the-police-or-the-government-which-was-witch-hunting-the-gays-and-lesbians-instead-it-was-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsugandanskillstraining.org\/friendsugandansafetransport.org\/maureen-nankya-what-i-didnt-know-is-that-its-not-the-police-or-the-government-which-was-witch-hunting-the-gays-and-lesbians-instead-it-was-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Maureen Nankya – “What I didn\u2019t know is that its not the police or the government which was witch-hunting the gays and lesbians instead it was the public…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: 30th Oct 14<\/p>\n

This is just part of my story.<\/p>\n

If somebody out there asked me if the Anti-gay Law (which was later over turned) hasn\u2019t caused a lot of damage to destroy lives, I could simply ask the person to go Uganda and have a firsthand information and experience. Am a lesbian, who lived a secret life since my teenager days. Even when everybody was talking about gay issues in Uganda, I always showed less interest not to blow my cover. But in August 2014 when the Ugandan High Court over turned the Anti-gay Law on technical grounds, I couldn\u2019t hide my joy, I publicly celebrated thinking that freedom has come to Uganda and we can now leave freely. What I didn\u2019t know is that its not the police or the government which was witch-hunting the gays and lesbians instead it was the public, the common people, families and \u201cfriends.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 My celebration didn\u2019t only attract the haters but people who wanted me dead.<\/p>\n

But in July I had heard about the FNUR who were working with local frontline activities. I contacted one of the contact persons, I was assessed along side other 26 fellow lesbians. All the facts about our case were gathered and within 2 days we were on to a neighboring country.<\/p>\n

\"FriendsNewUndergroundRailroad-logo-200px\"<\/a>My intention was to end up in Europe, but the politics, the expenses and the red tape, made me change my mind and instead I applied for an open working visa in UAE. It\u2019s a strict world here but at least am working and rebuilding my life, in future when I save enough I might apply for other more free countries like US or Denmark.<\/p>\n

I want to thank all the QUAKERS who unite themselves under FNUR for saving my life, without them I could be dead. Thanks FNUR, you are my heroes.<\/p>\n

Lots of love
\nMaureen Nankya<\/p>\n

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