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Zambia human rights activist acquitted after pro-gay remarks
JOHANNESBURG — Legal activists say a Zambian human rights worker has been acquitted in a Lusaka court of charges related to comments he made in support of the rights of gay people.
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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.
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Uganda tabloid prints list of ‘top’ homosexuals
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country’s “200 top” homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law.
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International leaders, LGBT community react to signing of Uganda’s anti-gay bill
KAMPALA, Uganda — A look at world reactions after Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed a controversial anti-gay bill that calls for harsh penalties, including 14 years in jail for first-time offenders, and life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for, among other offenses, repeated gay sex between consenting adults.
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BREAKING: Uganda’s president signs harsh anti-gay bill into law
ENTEBBE, Uganda — Uganda’s president on Monday signed an anti-gay bill that punishes gay sex with up to life in prison, a measure likely to send Uganda’s beleaguered gay community further underground as the police try to implement it amid fevered anti-gay sentiment across the country.
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Desmond Tutu urges Uganda president to reject anti-gay bill
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday made an impassioned plea to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni not to sign into law a harsh Anti-Homosexuality Bill that calls for a life sentence for some same-sex relations.
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Russian court dismisses case against journalist who founded LGBT teen support group
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — A Russian court on Friday dismissed the case against a freelance journalist who founded an online LGBT teen support group, ruling that it found no evidence that she had been promoting “non-traditional sexual relations.”
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Uganda’s president rebuffs U.S. criticism of anti-gay bill
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s president said he wants no lectures from Western governments opposed to the country’s controversial anti-gay bill, signaling he is set to sign it into law.
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Finland parliament begins debate on bill to legalize same-sex marriage
HELSINKI, Finland — The Finnish parliament began debate Thursday on a proposal that would legalize same-sex marriage. Should the legislation become law, Finland would become the final Nordic country to pass a law on gender-neutral marriage.