Scotland offers asylum to Uganda’s persecuted gays

Despite threats of a backlash and international condemnation, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni still went on to sign one of Africa’s, and the world’s, most punishing anti-gay laws to date. Citing his sickness with “homosexuals exhibiting themselves,” Museveni’s law, at its most severe, will sentence members of the LGBT community to life in prison for certain…

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New anti-homosexuality law in Uganda violates basic human rights, stress UN officials

NEW YORK, — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay have spoken out against the anti-homosexuality law signed into force  in Uganda, saying it violates basic human rights and endangers lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the country. The law criminalizes and imposes life imprisonment for homosexuality,…

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Uganda’s president signs anti-gay bill, defies West

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality today, defying protests from rights groups, criticism from Western donors and a U.S. warning that it will complicate relations. Reuters reported that the new bill strengthened existing punishments for anyone caught having gay sex, imposing jail terms of up to life for “aggravated…

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Obama condemns Uganda’s ‘Anti-Homsexuality’ bill

President Obama has condemned the decision by Uganda’s President  Yoweri Museveni  to sign 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. Museveni made the decision to sign the bill after consulting with a…

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Targeting the LGBT community in Uganda (VIDEO)

In the latest Multiple Exposure video, LGBTI rights defender Clare Byarugaba explains the context and potential consequences of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. 20 Dec. 2013, the Ugandan Parliament passed the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill”, which currently awaits the signature of the President to become law. Multiple Exposure is a new monthly video magazine broadcast. Every month, three different 10…

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UN Human Rights Office urges Uganda to scrap anti-homosexuality bill

NEW YORK, – The United Nations Human Rights Office today called on the president of Uganda to refrain from signing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, and urged the country to ensure the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from violence and discrimination. “LGBT individuals in Uganda are a vulnerable and marginalized minority,…

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Ugandan president won’t sign Anti-Homosexuality Bill if it’s ‘not right’

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said he will not just sign the new Anti-Homosexuality Bill without checking it carefully, reports Gay Star News. The bill, passed by parliament in a shock move last week, no longer has the death penalty for gays, but does offer life in prison for repeat homosexuals. It also requires people…

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Statement: U.S. concern with anti-homos​exuality legislatio​n in Uganda

Today the White House issued the following statement by Jen Psaki, spokesperson on U.S. concern with the passage of the Ugandan anti-homosexuality legislation: We are deeply concerned by the Ugandan Parliament’s passage of anti-homosexuality legislation.  As Americans, we believe that people everywhere deserve to live in freedom and equality – and that no one should face…

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