In a shocking turn of events, suddenly Wallenberg and his Ugandan collaborators ended up being held hostage as the police stormed in and raided Uganda Pride.
[1] The violent incident led to Wallenberg founding the organization Rainbow Riots, to use arts and culture as tools to advocate for human rights for LGBT people everywhere.
[2][3] In 2017, the organisation released an album of original music, ‘Rainbow Riots’, composed and produced by Wallenberg, featuring queer voices from the world's most dangerous countries for LGBTQ people.
The album was championed by the BBC, who called it ”the ultimate protest”, and by Dazed Digital, who called it ”the zenith of international queer activism.”[4][5] The first single from Rainbow Riots, Equal Rights, composed and produced by Wallenberg featuring Jamaican rapper Mista Majah P, was part of the United Nations ‘Global Goals’ campaign: an initiative to end extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
The single "We Don't Care" is composed and produced by Rainbow Riots' founder, Swedish gay artist Petter Wallenberg, and features queer voices from four continents, including countries where same sex relations are illegal, all on the same song.