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Telecom giant pulls ads from Uganda paper over publishing names of ‘suspected’ gays
KAMPALA, Uganda — An LGBT advocacy group says the global telecom company Orange has withdrawn advertising from a Ugandan tabloid newspaper that printed the names of 200 suspected homosexuals after a severe anti-gay law was enacted last month.
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The PR campaign to whitewash the right’s anti-gay Uganda history
As a communications person myself, I can really appreciate a good PR campaign, and the best I’ve seen in a long time is the new effort by U.S. right-wing evangelicals to completely whitewash their own history of involvement with Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality law. For the last five years, human rights advocates around the world been discussing how U.S. conservative figures were integrally involved in the creation of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (originally called the “Kill the Gays Bill”).
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Sweden is fourth European nation to freeze aid to Uganda over anti-gay law
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The government of Sweden announced Wednesday that it would stop development aid payments to Uganda because of the anti-homosexuality law passed last December and signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni February 24.
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Vatican official criticizes Uganda’s anti-gay law, calls for its repeal
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A Vatican cardinal has criticized Uganda’s anti-gay law and called for the repeal of its severe penalties. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said Tuesday that “homosexuals are not criminals” and shouldn’t be sentenced for up to life in prison.
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Kerry speaks with Uganda president, says anti-gay law complicates U.S. ties
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Uganda’s president that the African nation’s new anti-gay law will complicate its relationship with America.
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Aids cuts, loan delays hit Uganda’s economy, poor health sector
KAMPALA, Uganda — The health project in Uganda for which the World Bank is delaying a loan does not face an immediate shortage of money, an official said Friday, allaying concerns that work to improve maternal and child health services could stall because of the country’s new anti-gay law.
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World Bank delays $90 million loan to Uganda over anti-gay law
WASHINGTON — The World Bank has postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda over its anti-gay law that has drawn widespread criticism from Western governments, the United Nations and rights groups.
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Kerry: U.S. launching new effort to combat anti-gay laws worldwide
WASHINGTON — Troubled by an anti-gay movement in Uganda and across much of the world, the U.S. is launching a new effort to combat what Secretary of State John Kerry described Wednesday as a threat to human rights.
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Uganda health minister: Gays will not be denied medical care
Now that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed a new law imposing harsh sentences for gay sex, life is expected to become even more difficult for the country’s homosexuals, including getting health care. The Ugandan government has issued assurances that health workers will not discriminate against homosexuals, but some gays say they are not confident about that.
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UN chief demands repeal of Uganda law, Netherlands freezes aid subsidy
WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday demanded that Uganda revise or repeal the law imposing prison sentences for the “crime” of homosexuality, adding to the growing international criticism of the measure signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday.