Further U.S. Efforts to Protect Human Rights in Uganda
Statement from The White House Written by Grant Harris and Stephen Pomper Our hopes for a more peaceful and just world depend on respect for the rights and…
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Commentary by Rev. Canon Albert Ogle: An eyewitness to homophobia, from Uganda to the UN
repost from SDGLN The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle – Special to SDGLN June 10th, 2011 Editor’s note: Albert Ogle writes: “This week, I travelled from Kampala, Uganda to…
Read more“Kill the Gays” Bill Author Vows To Push Bill In New Parliament
repost from Box Turtle Bulletin Uganda’s independent Sunday Monitor this morning has published an interview with MP David Bahati, sponsor of the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill, in which he…
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 moreThe Global Gay Rights Battlefields
In an article by Max Strasser in the December 20, 2010 issue of Foreign Policy Magazine the author highlights the LGBT rights battles taking shape in countries has…
Read moreNPR reports on the Anti-Gay Atmosphere Permeating Uganda
Listen to Barbara Bradley Hagerty’s report on the anti-gay atmosphere permeating Uganda. The story includes audio from her interview with the “kill the gays” bill author David Bahati…
Read moreRachel Maddow exposes the stereotypes and prejudice that animate David Bahati
The Council was pleased to see Rachel Maddow expose the stereotypes and prejudice that animate David Bahati, the parliamentarian who authored the “anti-homosexuality” bill in Uganda, on her…
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