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Sweden to resume development aid payments to Uganda
Just four months after suspending development aid payments to Uganda over passage of an anti-homosexuality law, the Swedish embassy in Kampala said Monday that Sweden would extend nearly $200 million in development support to Uganda over the next five years. The aid would go to improve child and maternal health, sustainable growth and…
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Uganda court rules against activists who said official violated their rights
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Uganda court on Wednesday ruled against a group of gay rights activists who sued a Ugandan official they say violated their rights. Justice Stephen Musota ruled against four LGBT activists who had sued the ethics and integrity minister, Simon Lokodo, for shutting down a February 2012 workshop. Musota said the workshop participants….
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U.S. imposes visa bans on Ugandan officials over gay rights abuses
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is imposing visa bans on Ugandan officials who are involved in corruption and are violating the rights of gay people and others. The Obama administration did not identify the targeted officials.
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Controversial Ugandan foreign minister to be next UN assembly head
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly has elected Uganda’s Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa to be its next president amid controversy over his country’s anti-gay laws and allegations that he abused his office and accepted bribes from foreign companies. The largely ceremonial year-long presidency, which begins in September, rotates by region.
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Controversial Ugandan official may get United Nations post
KAMPALA, Uganda — Sam Kutesa became known to many Ugandans after he was ousted as a junior investment minister by lawmakers over charges he abused his office. Now foreign minister, he has been implicated in at least two more scandals since 1999, including allegations that he accepted bribes from foreign companies seeking oil contracts in Uganda.
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New book links U.S. conservatives and African ‘Kill the Gays’ laws
One of the original researchers to expose the ties between U.S. right-wing evangelicals and anti-LGBTQ laws in Uganda and other parts of Africa has released releasing a new book that shows U.S. activists exactly how to stop Americans like Scott Lively and Rick Warren from pushing their hateful beliefs abroad.
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Human rights groups report surge in gay rights abuses in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are reporting a surge in the rights violations of gay people in Uganda following the enactment of a severe anti-gay law.
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Uganda’s president urged to veto ‘flawed’ HIV transmission law
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human rights groups are urging Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni to veto a new measure that they say hurts the fight against HIV and AIDS in the country.
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Two Ugandans go on trial for acts ‘against the order of nature’
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan court has started hearing the case against two Ugandans accused of engaging in gay sex, the first trial since a severe new anti-homosexuality law was enacted in February.
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Prominent Ugandan gay rights activist asks for U.S. asylum
BOSTON — Fearing prison or even death, an openly gay activist from Uganda is seeking asylum in the United States since his home country toughened criminal punishment against gays.