Uganda
Ugandan Parliament re-introduces anti-Gay Bill
According to this op-ed in the Globe and Mail the Ugandan Parliament is once again trying to sneak the barbaric anti-gay bill into legislation.
It was attempted in 2009 but world outrage seemed to win the day. Its back and seemingly with a vengence.
Using the Kony 2012 video to teach our youth about real global solidarity
Maybe you're like me, and all of a sudden, your child or your students ask, no, insist that you watch the viral video "Kony 2012." "So, like 70 million people have seen it, it's so amazing! You HAVE to see it!" She wants your opinion or he wants your approval because they are totally excited and plan to purchase the kits and go out with friends and plaster "Kony 2012" posters everywhere.
November 5, 2010 |
Farmers First is designed to address food security in select communities in four countries of Africa in which hunger is a major problem.
Ugandan Paper Names 'Top Homosexuals' With Photos and Addresses
Outcry As Ugandan Paper Names 'Top Homosexuals'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/outcry-as-ugandan-paper-n...
"Gay Ugandans have faced a fortnight of attacks and intimidation say human rights campaigners, after a local newspaper published a list of the country's 'top 100 homosexuals'.
As well as naming gay Ugandans - complete with photographs and addresses - Rolling Stone newspaper also claimed that a deadly disease was attacking homosexuals in Uganda and said that gays were recruiting 1 Million children..."
Slouching Towards Kampala: Uganda's Deadly Embrace of Hate
Uganda anti-gay measure sparks global debate
The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed bill becomes law.
A new bill, the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, seeks to legislate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people in Uganda. And it wants to pave the way for its harsh treatment of them by nullifying any international treaties, conventions or declarations believed to be contrary to it.
"The bill is so inhumane ... It violates every aspect of a human being. I mean you cannot tell me you will kill me because I'm gay," says Gerald Sentogo, the gay administrator for the organisation Sexual Minorities Uganda.
September 14, 2009 |
Indigenous Ugandans forced from their land to make way for carbon-offset tree-planting projects in the Mount Elgon region.