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Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG)

    • American hate preacher tries to escape charges for promoting ‘Kill the Gays’ law
      News (USA)

      American hate preacher tries to escape charges for promoting ‘Kill the Gays’ law

      An East African gay advocacy group filed the lawsuit against minister Scott Lively under a statute that allows non-citizens to sue for violations of international law.

      Monday, November 7, 2016
    • Appeals court: ‘Crimes against humanity’ case against Scott Lively can proceed
      Life

      Appeals court: ‘Crimes against humanity’ case against Scott Lively can proceed

      A federal appeals court has rejected a petition by anti-gay activist Scott Lively to dismiss a complaint that alleges he violated U.S. law by influencing the laws of Uganda.

      Monday, December 8, 2014
    • Prominent Ugandan LGBT activist charged with sodomy, held without bail
      News (World)

      Prominent Ugandan LGBT activist charged with sodomy, held without bail

      KAMPALA, Uganda– Samuel Ganafa, the executive director of Spectrum Uganda Initiatives and board chairperson of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), was arrested earlier this week on charges that he had sodomized another man and infected him with HIV.

      Saturday, November 16, 2013
    • Judge allows landmark case against anti-gay religious leader to proceed
      News (USA)

      Judge allows landmark case against anti-gay religious leader to proceed

      SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that persecution on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a crime against humanity and that the fundamental human rights of LGBTI people are protected under international law.

      Wednesday, August 14, 2013
    • Scott Lively argument set for next week as persecution of gays escalates in Uganda
      News (USA)

      Scott Lively argument set for next week as persecution of gays escalates in Uganda

      When Scott Lively, the founder of Christian Evangelical group Abiding Truth Ministries journeyed to Uganda to incite the persecution of gays, he had no idea that his mission would lead to a lawsuit by Ugandans, on U.S. soil, charging that he had committed crimes against humanity.

      Thursday, January 3, 2013
    • Report: U.S. Christian Right lobbies to implement anti-gay laws in Africa
      News (World)

      Report: U.S. Christian Right lobbies to implement anti-gay laws in Africa

      SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Conservative U.S. Christian “family values” and religious organizations are setting up fronts in Africa to fight for anti-gay and anti-abortion legislation to promote their fundamentalist convictions, according to a report released Tuesday by the progressive think tank “Political Research Associates.”

      Tuesday, July 24, 2012
    • Lively claims lawsuit targets him for speaking anti-gay ‘truth of the Bible’
      Life

      Lively claims lawsuit targets him for speaking anti-gay ‘truth of the Bible’

      SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Scott Lively, the anti-gay U.S. evangelist who is the subject of a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a Ugandan gay rights group, responded Thursday, and said he was being targeted “for speaking the truth of the Bible” about homosexuality.

      Thursday, March 15, 2012
    • Ugandan gay rights group files lawsuit against U.S. evangelist Scott Lively
      News (USA)

      Ugandan gay rights group files lawsuit against U.S. evangelist Scott Lively

      A Ugandan gay rights group on Wednesday filed suit in federal court in Massachusetts against notorious American evangelist, Scott Lively, accusing him of violating international law by inciting the persecution of homosexuals in Uganda.

      Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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