Anti-Homosexuality Bill on hold
May 11, 2011 – Parliament in Uganda adjourned today without voting on the “anti-homosexuality” bill. The Council understands that the current lame duck parliament may convene again on…
Read moreTag: Anti-Homosexuality BIll
Frank Speaks Out Against Ugandan “Anti-Homosexuality” Bill
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Harry Gural Phone: (202) 225-9400 Cell: (202) 281-0670 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Barney Frank today released the following statement regarding…
Read moreTake action against the “Kill the Gays” bill in Uganda.
From our Friends at AllOut.org Conservative lawmakers in Uganda are working to advance a bill that would sentence LGBT people to death. That’s right, death for countless lesbian,…
Read moreIs Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill being used to blind the World?
Press Release from Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional law Uganda (CSCHRCL) Just days after opposition leader Colonel Kizza Besigye was deliberately blinded with pepper spray…
Read moreDavid Bahati continues to push for Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill
The Council hopes that this is just a last desperate act by MP Bahati as the curtain closes on the current parliament in Uganda. We urge the United…
Read moreUngandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill may be debated again
NTV, a Ugandan television station, reports that the Ugandan Parliament may again begin debates of the draconian Anti-Homosexuality bill during the parliaments lame duck session which is set…
Read moreFrank Amendment on the Persecution of Sexual and Religious Minorities Passes the House Financial Services Committee
Press Release from the Office of Congressman Barney Frank For Immediate Release Contact: Harry Gural Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Phone: (202) 225-9400 Cell: (202) 281-0670 Frank Amendment on…
Read moreHouse Committee OKs End to Antigay Aid
repost from The Advocate | by Michelle Garcia The House Financial Services Committee passed an amendment Tuesday that would discourage giving aid to countries that persecute their citizens…
Read moreLaws criminalizing homosexuality are incompatible with international human rights standards and fuel homophobia
repost from UNHCR website Laws criminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adults remain on the statute books in more than 70 countries. They are an affront to principles of…
Read moreCongressman Payne Joins LGBT Caucus to Honor the Life of Ugandan Human Rights Activist David Kato
Congressman Donald Payne Tenth District – New Jersey For Immediate Release: February 12, 2011 Contact: Algene Sajery or Natalie Chwalisz (202) 226-7812 Congressman Payne Joins LGBT Caucus to…
Read more