16 Ugandan LGBT activists given forced anal exams: rights group

Ugandan LGBT refugees pose in a protected area of Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya on October 14, 2018. PHOTO | THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION

Sixteen Ugandan LGBT activists were subjected to forced anal examinations after being arrested, the country's leading gay rights organisation said Thursday.

The 16 men were taken into police custody late Monday to protect them from a homophobic mob which had surrounded the house where they were staying, but were then arrested and charged under a colonial-era anti-gay law.