Kakuma refugee camp

Chriton 'Trinidad Jerry' Atuhwera holds an LGBT+ Pride flag behind him, wearing a pair of sunglasses

Trans
Apr 16 2021

Beloved trans man dies after horrific petrol bomb attack in Kenyan refugee camp

Harrowing footage seen by PinkNews shows Kakuma refugee camps sprinting as teargas engulfs them. Multiple nondescript bangs can be heard in the distance. (Screen capture via Facebook)

World
May 08 2020

Queer refugees subjected to daily anti-LGBT+ violence say they were ‘teargassed and brutally assaulted’ by police while protesting their plight

Nankinga Sophia, 22, is a lesbian refugee staying at the Kenyan refugee camp in Kakuma. She was found bloodied, beaten and raped, a fellow refugee has alleged. (Facebook)

World
Apr 28 2020

Lesbian refugee in Kenya brutally beaten and raped by ‘gang of eight ruthless men’

Mweru Aneste, a proud gay man and father, was found dead outside the United Nations offices in Nairobi, Kenya. (Facebook)

World
Apr 14 2020

Gay refugee and father-of-one found dead outside UN offices in apparent suicide after being left with nowhere to turn

Stephen Sebuuma, a trans non-binary refugee in the Kakuma refugee camp, was battered by a group of 10 transphobes with sticks and stones. (Stephen Sebuuma)

Trans
Mar 17 2020

Non-binary Ugandan asylum seeker viciously attacked by gang of thugs for simply wearing a dress

Stephen Sebuuma, a trans refugee based in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, was brutally stabbed by transphobes. (Facebook)

Exclusive
Jan 30 2020

Transphobes stabbed a vulnerable trans refugee in the head in a brutal and bloody attack

A trans refugee protesting the conditions of the Kakuma Refugee camp was allegedly assaulted by law enforcement. (Supplied)

World
Dec 03 2019

Kenyan police brutally beat and lob teargas bombs at queer refugees peacefully protesting the camp’s horrific conditions