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Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda violates human rights
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday denounced the anti-homosexuality law signed into force in Uganda, which she said would institutionalise discrimination against lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and could encourage harassment and violence against them.
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Norway : Stops parts of the aid in the gay protest
Norway holds back 50 million kroner (4.9 million £). in aid to Uganda because of the country’s new law that punishes homosexuality with life imprisonment.
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MEPs call to suspend political agreement with Uganda
Today the President of Uganda signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. The new law vastly expands the criminalisation of LGBTI individuals, and now forces parents, teachers and doctors to report LGBTI persons to authorities.
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Ugandan President Signs Horrific Anti-Gay Bill into Law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today signed an archaic anti-gay bill into law. The bill, which once even included the death penalty, calls for gay Ugandans or anyone “promoting” homosexuality to be jailed – potentially for life.
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Uganda: Museveni ‘seeks US advice on homosexuality’
President Yoweri Museveni is asking the US to advise Uganda’s scientists about homosexuality, as he considers whether to sign a law increasing punishments.
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HRC Calls on Secretary Kerry to Recall U.S. Ambassadors to Uganda, Nigeria
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Americas’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to recall the Americas’s ambassadors to Uganda and Nigeria.