Uganda: Former national football team coach charged with sodomy
The former head of Uganda’s national football team has been charged with “sodomising both male and female youths” – although campaigners claim it could be just the latest example of a homophobic witch...
View ArticleGay Ugandans cautiously welcome President Museveni’s decision to veto...
Campaigners have welcomed the decision of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. According to Uganda’s Daily Monitor, President Museveni has said...
View ArticleUganda offers ‘reassurance’ to international gay community of ‘continued...
In what appears to be an attempt to extinguish the fire of controversy surrounding its soon to be signed anti-gay law, the Ugandan Government has put out a statement offering “reassurance” to the...
View ArticleActivists warn Ugandan President will have ‘blood on his hands’ after signing...
Campaigners have condemned Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni for signing the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, describing it as a “flagrant breach of human rights”. President Museveni signed...
View ArticleLondon: Protest due to take place outside Ugandan Commission over anti-gay laws
Campaigners drawing attention to the plight of persecuted LGBT Ugandans will stage a protest outside the country’s London High Commission this afternoon. The protest is jointly organised by the African...
View ArticleUganda has its first presidential candidate who opposes homophobia
A Ugandan presidential candidate has made history – by affirming that he opposes homophobia. With the 2016 election approaching, former prime minister Amama Mbazazi has stated that he opposes...
View ArticleCampaigners hand in petition to Commonwealth HQ demanding Britain apologises...
A petition demanding that Britain apologises for exporting homophobia to Commonwealth nations is being handed in at the Commonwealth Headquarters in London on Wednesday. The petition, which has...
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