Tag: Uganda
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HRC Reacts to Renewed Efforts to Pass Anti-Gay Bill in Uganda
Upon news the Ugandan Parliament is poised to consider a bill as soon as today that proposes jail terms for gay individuals, including a life sentence in some circumstances, the Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, calls on American faith leaders to reach out to their influential friends and colleagues in Uganda to urge them to condemn the bill and work to halt consideration.
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Uganda Gay Group Sues US Minister over Anti-gay Bill
A Ugandan gay rights group has filed a lawsuit against a US minister accusing him of involvement in a campaign to persecute gay people in Uganda.
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Cutting aid to ‘anti-gay’ nations: Britain’s ‘bold and necessary’ plan
British Prime Minister David Cameron is slashing foreign aid to African nations that persecute gays and lesbians.
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Uganda’s parliament takes no action on anti-gay bill
Uganda’s parliament adjourned Friday without acting on a bill that would have made engaging in homosexual acts a capital offence, leaving the future of the widely condemned bill uncertain.
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Uganda’s anti-gay bill not on agenda after outcry
Uganda’s parliament appears to have dropped plans to debate a controversial anti-gay bill after global condemnation.
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No death penalty provision in Uganda anti-gay bill
The Ugandan parliamentarian behind an anti-homosexual bill that attracted worldwide condemnation says the most controversial part of the proposed legislation — the death penalty provision — is likely to be dropped.