NAIROBI, KENYA
In December many LGBT refugees in Kenya's remote Kakuma camp were moved to safe houses in Nairobi after they were attacked when protesting for greater protection. They were assaulted by locals and fellow refugees outside the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) office while protesting about rising homophobic attacks in recent months where LGBT+ members were beaten and their shelters set alight. But things are no better for them in urban Nairobi and on Feb. 22nd, a large group of LGBT refugees staged a protest against the mistreatment of LGBT refugees by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and were subsequently arrested and charged with public nuisance and trespass. Twenty are still in jail and one of the refugee leaders Mbazira Moses is presently staging a hunger strike. ... See MoreSee Less

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