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Ugandan court moves toward hearing challenge to anti-gay law
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoUganda's Constitutional Court on Monday took a first step toward hearing a challenge to an anti-gay...
Ugandan president signs one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the...
Uganda activists, lecturers and others fight harsh anti-LGBT law in court
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoKAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda's Constitutional Court on Monday began hearing a challenge to an anti-LGBT law that carries the death penalty for certain same-sex acts and 20 years in prison for " ...
Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-gay law
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoUgandan gay rights activists asked the international community to mount more pressure on the...
Ugandan court to issue verdict in petition against tough anti-gay law
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoUganda's constitutional court is due on Wednesday to deliver a verdict on a petition seeking to...
Activists Link U.S. Nonprofit to Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Across Africa
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBy David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — On a dark night six months ago, Adrian...
Uganda blocks operations of UN rights office in the country
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUgandan authorities say they will not renew the mandate of the United Nations human rights office in the East African country, effectively blocking the group's operations at a time of heightened ...
Ugandan court rejects bid to nullify anti-gay law that provides for the death penalty in some cases
Associated Press via AOL· 2 months agoUganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May last ...