Patricia Kimera

Patricia Kimera is a lawyer and a human rights advocate. She is the focal person on strategic litigation at Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) in Kampala, Uganda, and has been greatly involved in the provision of legal aid services to marginalised people in her country, including LGBTI people.

I’ve defended hundreds of LGBTI people arrested in Uganda. Our laws must change – but we need public acceptance too

We can fight for equal rights through the courts, but we need to do more – it’s ordinary citizens who murder LGBTI people, and we must reach them too

By Patricia Kimera

/ 23 Jan 2020

I’ve defended hundreds of LGBTI people arrested in Uganda. Our laws must change – but we need public acceptance too