On August 1, 2014, Uganda’s Constitutional Court overturned the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) on procedural grounds, holding that the Act’s passing was unconstitutional because the necessary quorum of lawmakers was not present in parliament to vote on the bill. This
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Hearing on Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law
We have confirmed that the applications for a temporary injunction and an interim order against Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Act will be heard on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 by the Uganda Court of Appeal, sitting as the Constitutional Court of Uganda.Here…
Uganda Be Kiddin’ Me: United States Slaps On Sanctions in Response to Anti-Gay Law
Last month, the United States announced new sanctions against Uganda in response to human rights violations, targeted discrimination, and draconian criminal penalties. Specifically, on June 19, the Obama administration quietly revealed plans to cancel a U.S. military-sponsored exercise in Uganda,…
US Takes Further Measures Against Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Act”
The United States has issued aid, police, travel, and military sanctions against Uganda in response to its Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), which President Obama has criticized as being contrary to human rights. The Act was signed into law on February 24,…
How Anti-Gay Laws Worsen Diseases Like AIDS and TB
By John Kang
From Newsweek:Recent anti-homosexuality laws don’t just violate human rights—they might worsen the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist warns in a PLOS Medicine essay published today.More: While many countries and communities are expanding civil rights to the LGBT…
Uganda’s Foreign Minister Elected as Next U.N. General Assembly President
Sam Kutesa, the foreign minister of Uganda, was unanimously elected to be President of the U.N. General Assembly at the start of the 69th Session of the General Assembly. Kutesa will follow current Assembly President John Ashe of Antigua at…
U.S. sends Osprey aircraft, more Special Operations forces to hunt Ugandan warlord – The Washington Post
President Obama has ordered a sharp increase in U.S. Special Operations forces deployed to Uganda and sent U.S. military aircraft there for the first time in the ongoing effort to hunt down warlord Joseph Kony across a broad swath of…
Constitutional Challenge to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law
Uganda’s controversial law, The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014, long-linked to United States Evangelicals, has been challenged as unconstitutional by a petition filed in the Constitutional Court…
Uganda Newspaper Publishes Names of Gays
The United Nations human rights office said today that the publication by a Ugandan newspaper of the names and photos of people it claims are homosexual violates basic rights to privacy and dignity, and called on media outlets to refrain…
Uganda Urged to Repeal its Anti-Homosexuality Legislation
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Ugandan authorities to revise or repeal the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, one day after he said it violates basic human rights and endangers lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the country. “The…