Lawyers seeking recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people are scheduled to learn on Sept. 27 whether the Tanzania-based East African Court will take a stand for LGBTI rights by ruling that anti-gay laws such as the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act are unacceptable throughout East Africa. In its East African legal challenge to the Anti-Homosexuality … Continue reading
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Ugandan anti-gay law is dead, but court challenge lives on
A legal battle continues against Uganda’s now-defunct Anti-Homosexuality Act, led by the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), a gay-friendly legal advocacy group in Uganda. HRAPF will not be joined in the case by the UHAI East African Sexual Health and Rights Initiative (UHAI-EASHRI) or the Health Development Initiative-Rwanda (HDI-Rwanda), because the East African … Continue reading
Mugisha: homophobe evangelicals fly into Uganda
Frank Mugisha is in the UK doing interviews to urge LGBT and other human rights groups to keep up the pressure on Uganda’s government. Dr. Mugisha, the Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), is one of the most well-known LGBT activists from Uganda. He has won the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize from Norway, and … Continue reading
Challenge to Ugandan anti-gay law seeks regional impact
Activists in Uganda are continuing their legal battle against the country’s now-defunct Anti-Homosexuality Law, hoping that the Tanzania-based East African Court of Justice will issue a ruling that will make clear such anti-gay laws are unacceptable throughout East Africa. Uganda’s Constitutional Court overturned the law on Aug. 1 on procedural grounds — the lack of … Continue reading
Coast clear for anti-gay Ugandan appeal to Supreme Court
Anti-gay forces in Uganda may be turning to the Supreme Court in hopes of restoring the overturned Anti-Homosexuality Act, despite reports that supporters of the law would only push for it in parliament. “Despite all the talk about the Attorney General being instructed to withdraw the Notice of Appeal, this has not been in fact … Continue reading
Uganda: Setback for anti-gay group, but also for AIDS fight
Uganda remains a hot spot in the battles against AIDS and for justice for LGBTI people. Three examples in recent days: Cut in U.S. aid hobbles anti-gay religious council The anti-gay Inter-Religious Council of Uganda has laid off all its staff after losing its $34.5 million worth of funding from the United States, The Observer … Continue reading
How to stir up anti-gay violence, Ugandan style
“The Red Pepper is despicable” is today’s simple comment from LGBT rights activist Maurice Tomlinson. That comment comes in response to today’s front page of the Red Pepper tabloid, dominated by the blaring headline “Homos Vow to Kill Kadaga.” Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker of the Ugandan parliament, is preparing for a new vote on the … Continue reading
Uganda’s anti-gay bill will return: Soon or pretty soon?
The harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act of Uganda, overturned by Uganda’s Constitutional Court, is likely to return to parliament for a new vote by that overwhelmingly anti-gay assembly. How soon? After a month of analysis, says the ruling NRM (National Resistance Movement) party, led by President Yoweri Museveni. In a statement, the party caucus today said they … Continue reading
Ugandan court overturns anti-gay law
Uganda’s Constitutional Court today threw out the country’s harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act on the grounds that it was passed illegally without a quorum of parliament. Fridah Mutesi, a plaintiffs’ attorney, stated: “History has been made today in Uganda when the panel of five justices of appeal unanimously agreed with our submissions that the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, … Continue reading
In Ugandan court, ‘tomorrow is the big day’
Judges in the Ugandan Constitutional Court have scheduled a key ruling for tomorrow in the challenge to the legitimacy of the country’s harsh new Anti-Homosexuality Act. Yesterday the signs had seemed to point to a ruling today, as noted in yesterday’s blog post, “Ugandan court might overturn anti-gay law tomorrow.” But instead today’s court session … Continue reading
