ENTEBBE, Uganda – Participants in an LGBT workshop at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel were forced to scurry to safety today when Simon Lokodo, State Minister for Ethics and Integrity, burst into a conference and closed it down.

Ugandan media, which is largely pro-government, reported that Lokodo told participants to leave and ordered the arrest of event organizer Jacqueline Kasha. The Daily Monitor said Kasha escaped safely.