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Uganda: Obama Condemns Proposed Anti-Gay Law
allAfrica, 5 February 2010
U.S President Barack Obama has criticized the controversial anti-gay law which has been proposed to Uganda's legislature. Read more »
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Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Law Sets Off Firestorm in the West
allAfrica, 5 February 2010
Ugandan MPs probably didn't know what a firestorm David Bahati of the ruling National Resistance Movement would raise when he first presented his proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill… Read more »
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Uganda: Proposed 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' a Setback for Human Rights And HIV Prevention
MediaGlobal, 29 January 2010
Human rights activists and the majority of the international community were appalled when Uganda introduced a bill last October that among other things, seeks a minimum life… Read more »
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Uganda: Cabinet to Amend Anti-Gay Law After Hot Debate
New Vision, 20 January 2010
THE Cabinet has debated the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill now before parliament and agreed to amend it. Read more »
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Uganda: Bahati Says He's Willing to Amend Gays Bill
Monitor, 21 January 2010
The brain behind the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, MP David Bahati, says he can amend the proposed law but "without putting the values of the country at risk". Read more »
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Uganda: Nation Not Yet Ready for Gays But Will Be in Future
Independent (Kampala), 13 January 2010
The Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 in Uganda may have been proposed in good faith but it was from a narrow moralistic perspective. Not surprisingly, it has generated controversy,… Read more »
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Uganda: Human Rights Impact Assessment of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Fahamu, 14 January 2010
The following text is from a speech delivered before an audience on the 18 November 2009 at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Read more »
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Africa: Bipartisan Resolution Urges All Countries to Reject and Repeal Laws Criminalizing Homosexuality
U.S. Congress, 4 February 2010
U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have introduced a resolution calling on members of the Ugandan Parliament to… Read more »