South Africa's Former Uganda Ambassador Guilty of Hate Speech
Jon Qwelane, former newspaper columnist and ambassador to Uganda, has been found guilty of hate speech by a high court and ordered to offer the LGBT community an unconditional apology within 30 days for a 2008 column he wrote titled "Call Me Names, But Gay Is Not Okay".
Jon Qwelane (file photo).
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Former ambassador to Uganda Jon Qwelane will face charges of hate speech in the Johannesburg High Court over a column he wrote titled "Call me names, but gay is not okay" in 2008. Read more »
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References by former ambassador to Uganda Jon Qwelane stating that the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian people was a "lifestyle" and that President Robert Mugabe's ... Read more »