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Uganda: 'You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I'm Gay'
IPS, 9 November 2009
The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes… Read more »
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Uganda: Anti-Gay Bill Opens a Pandora's Box
Independent (Kampala), 10 November 2009
While section 140 of the colonial-era Penal Code Act already criminalises "carnal knowledge against the order of nature", this new legislation will attempt to give teeth to that… Read more »
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Uganda: IBAHRI Condemns Introduction of Death Penalty for 'Aggravated Homosexuality'
International Bar Association, 4 November 2009
The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) today condemned a proposal in Uganda to impose the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality' in the Anti… Read more »
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Uganda: Anti-Gay Bill is Not Helpful
Observer, 4 November 2009
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill, now commonly known as 'Bahati Bill', would be oppressive and brutal if passed into law by Parliament, and assented to by the President.The Bill,… Read more »
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Uganda: Country's Toothless Battle On Gays
Monitor, 30 October 2009
Efforts behind a proposed law against homosexuality run counter to the Uganda Police's interest in the offence, official records show. Read more »
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Uganda: Clergy - Jail Gays, Don't Hang Them
Monitor, 29 October 2009
Homosexuals should not be killed but instead imprisoned for life, religious leaders have suggested. Read more »
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Uganda: Speaking Out Against Country's Homophobia
Fahamu, 22 October 2009
Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Bill – and how you can help stop this legislation from being passed, national elections in Niger, violence in Guinea and the impact of… Read more »
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Uganda: Homosexuality Bill Rejected
Monitor, 21 October 2009
Some rights activists have described the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill as a violation of human rights and want it to be withdrawn immediately. Read more »
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Uganda: Bahati's Bill - a Convenient Distraction for Country's Government
Fahamu, 16 October 2009
On 14 October 2009 the Hon. David Bahati (MP, Ndorwa County West, Kabale) tabled a private-members bill before the Ugandan parliament titled the 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill'. When it… Read more »