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LGBTQ Ugandans desperately seek safety from anti-gay law

Raw Story 31 Mar 2023
"They are going to arrest us because I cannot pretend to be what I am not," said Alex, a gay man in Uganda, where MPs last week passed what has been criticized as among the world's harshest anti-gay legislation ... Campaigners note Uganda has effectively ended the use of capital punishment, with death sentences automatically commuted to prison terms.
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‘I have to lie low. I’m totally on edge’: Uganda’s club scene fears anti-gay law

The Observer 29 Mar 2023
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni, in his 38th year of increasingly authoritarian rule, has declared that his people will never embrace homosexuality and that the west’s “deviations” are not to be normalised ... Homosexual sex was already punishable by life imprisonment in Uganda, but there was some leeway.
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Ugandan law criminalizes being LGBTQ amid crackdown on homosexuality

The Spokesman-Review 22 Mar 2023
“We are going to reinforce the law enforcement officers to make sure that homosexuals have no space in Uganda.” ... The anti-LGBTQ sentiment is visible in Uganda’s political spaces, churches and social media, activists say ... This is not the first time the government in Uganda has pushed for extreme legislation against LGBTQ people.
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Biden official attacks Uganda’s anti-sodomy bill: LGBT ‘rights’ are a ‘core part of our foreign policy’

Life Site 22 Mar 2023
) — A Biden administration spokesman on Tuesday took aim at a new piece of legislation in majority-Christian Uganda that would impose strict criminal penalties for homosexuality, arguing that the furtherance of so-called “LGBTQ+ rights” is “a core part of” U.S ... “This country will stand firm … homosexuals have no space in Uganda.”.
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Biden adviser attacks Uganda’s anti-sodomy bill: LGBT ‘rights’ are a ‘core part of our foreign policy’

Life Site 22 Mar 2023
) — A Biden administration spokesman on Tuesday took aim at a new piece of legislation in majority-Christian Uganda that would impose strict criminal penalties for homosexuality, arguing that the furtherance of so-called “LGBTQ+ rights” is “a core part of” U.S ... “This country will stand firm … homosexuals have no space in Uganda.”.
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Cannot identify as LGBTQ in this country now. Their anti-gay law says

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2023
Uganda's parliament passed anti-gay legislation that proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relationships, following a highly charged and chaotic session ... The legislation enjoys broad public support in Uganda and reaction from civil society has been muted following years of erosion of civic space under Museveni's increasingly authoritarian rule.
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This country has allowed death penalty, life imprisonment for gay couples

Live Mint 22 Mar 2023
Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed sweeping anti-gay legislation which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relationships, following a highly charged and chaotic session.'The ayes have it,' parliamentary speaker Annet Anita Among said after the final vote, adding that the ...
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Ugandan parliament passes ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill,’ infuriating the pro-LGBT West

Life Site 22 Mar 2023
(LifeSiteNews) — The Christian-majority country of Uganda voted to strengthen its commitment to Biblical marriage and sexuality this week by passing legislation that further criminalizes sodomy and other depraved behaviors ... This country will stand firm … homosexuals have no space in Uganda.”.
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Uganda to vote on tough anti-gay bill

Eye Witness News 21 Mar 2023
The legislation enjoys broad public support in Uganda and reaction from civil society has been muted following years of erosion of civic space under President Yoweri Museveni's increasingly authoritarian rule ... Uganda is notorious for intolerance of homosexuality - which is criminalised under colonial-era laws.
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Uganda passes bill banning identifying as LGBTQ

The Daily Telegraph Australia 21 Mar 2023
Uganda's parliament on Tuesday (March 21) passed a law that criminalizes identifying as LGBTQ – "We are going to reinforce the law enforcement officers to make sure that homosexuals have no space in Uganda," said member of parliament Musa Ecweru ....
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China's 'Digital Silk Road' in Africa, US raises questions on spying

Beijing News 13 Mar 2023
Washington , March 13 (ANI) ... The sale of Hikvision products was also recently banned in the US ... Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda have a Huawei Smart Cities program and Hikvision cameras in public spaces are installed there ... Already in Zambia and Uganda, the governments were found to have used Chinese technology to spy on the opposition and critics ... (ANI).
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China’s ‘Digital Silk Road’ in Africa Raises Questions

Voa News 11 Mar 2023
A group of U.S ... The resolution was introduced in the U.S ... There are U.S ... The U.S ... The U.S ... The U.S ... ... Zimbabwe has a Huawei Smart Cities program – as do Kenya and Uganda - and has installed Hikvision cameras in public spaces ... Already in Zambia and Uganda, the governments were found to have used Chinese technology to spy on the opposition and critics ... ... .
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China's Digital Silk Road in Africa Raises Questions

Beijing News 11 Mar 2023
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - A group of U.S ... The resolution was introduced in the U.S ... There are U.S ... Zimbabwe has a Huawei Smart Cities program - as do Kenya and Uganda - and has installed Hikvision cameras in public spaces ... Already in Zambia and Uganda, the governments were found to have used Chinese technology to spy on the opposition and critics.
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Uganda Threatens to Close UN Human Rights Office

Human Rights Watch 15 Feb 2023
Uganda currently hosts the largest stand-alone UN human rights office in Africa ... Uganda’s Non-Governmental Organisations Act of 2016 heavily restricts the activism space for independent groups by giving broad powers to the government to suspend, blacklist, or revoke the licenses of organizations.

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