Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by MARTIAL Paul
In 2014, Ugandan MPs passed a law punishing homosexuality with penalties up to the death penalty. It was censured by the country’s Supreme Court. Ugandan MPs have now done it again. Solidarity with the LGBTI community is needed!
What has mobilized parliamentary activity in Uganda is not the (...)
Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
Fox Odoi-Oywelowo is one of only two Ugandan MPs who voted against the country’s controversial and draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which was passed by Parliament this week (...)
, by OKIROR Samuel
Campaigners are warned they will break the anti-homosexuality law if they open safe space
Activists trying to open Uganda’s first centre for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have been told their plans for a safe space are illegal.
Simon Lokodo, minister for ethics and (...)
, by THOMPSON Linda
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is one of the leading LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) activists on the African continent. She is one of the founding members of the Ugandan LGBTI movement and played an instrumental role in scrapping down draconian anti-gay legislation in (...)
, par Collective / Multiple signers
Uganda’s draconian Anti-homosexuality Bill is currently awaiting President Yoweri Museveni’s signature. President Museveni has 30 days from 23 January 2014 when the bill was presented to him to either sign it into law or return it back to Parliament for reconsideration. The bill is in gross (...)
, by CSCHRCL, STEWART Colin
Uganda’s coalition of LGBTI activists today urged their international supporters to speak out against the repressive Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was recently passed by the Ugandan parliament, but to take care with any threats to withhold foreign aid.
Any discussion with Ugandan officials (...)
, by LITTAUER Dan
Uganda held a historic weekend long gay pride which turned out a success despite a police raid, widespread homophobia and anti-gay laws.
Uganda’s LGBT community was able to conduct a weekend of gay pride events despite police arrests and harassment.
The historic LGBT pride was a series of (...)
, by Avaaz
Uganda Gay Death Penalty - We Won!!
Dear friends,
Frank Mugisha and other brave human rights defenders delivering our petition to the Ugandan Parliament just before leaders dropped the gay death penalty law. Uganda’s anti-gay law has failed! It looked sure to pass last week, but after 1.6 (...)
, by Avaaz
Dear friends,
In 48 hours, Uganda could pass a law that imposes the death penalty for homosexuality. An international outcry shelved this bill last year — we urgently need to ramp up the pressure to press President Museveni to stand up for human rights and stop this brutal law. Sign below, (...)
, by GONZALEZ Juan, GOODMAN Amy, SHARLET Jeff
Human rights activists in Uganda are warning that the lives of gay people are in danger after a newspaper published a front-page story featuring the names and photographs of what it called Uganda’s 100 “top” gays and lesbians alongside a yellow banner that read “Hang Them.” We look at the ties (...)
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