Tag: anti gay law
Uganda draws up new anti-gay law
Uganda’s ruling party has drawn up new anti-gay legislation and could push it through parliament before the end of the…
Uganda anti-gay law to be re-introduced in parliament – Speaker
Ugandan lawmakers will vote on reinstating a severe anti-gay law just weeks after it was scrapped by the country’s constitutional…
Museveni denies Uganda forced to drop anti-gay law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni denied Saturday that the scrapping of a tough anti-gay law he had championed had anything to…
Uganda feels pain after US anti-gay sanctions
Uganda warned on Monday that US sanctions slapped on the country over its tough anti-gay laws would harm the “most…
Anti-gay law: Uganda’s lawmaker says aid cut worthy price to pay
David Bahati, a lawmaker and author of Uganda’s anti-gay law, which criminalises homosexuality, said that aid cuts by Western donors…
Anti-gay law: Uganda accuses World Bank of blackmail
Uganda accused the World Bank of blackmail Friday after the lender stalled a $90-million loan over the east African nation’s…
Museveni to snub Obama on anti-gay law
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international…
Obama warns Uganda on anti-gay law
US President Barack Obama on Sunday warned Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni against enacting anti-gay legislation, calling it a “step backward”…
Nigerian gays plan protest in Abuja
Simon Ateba Nigerian gays and lesbians, under the aegis of ‘The Right Defense’, are daring President Goodluck Jonathan, and would…
Repentant Nigerian homosexual flogged in public
A 20-year-old Nigerian was flogged in public and fined after being convicted of breaking Islamic law banning homosexuality, an official…
Cardinal Onaiyekan backs anti-gay law
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has commended Nigeria’s Federal Government for its uncompromising stand on the anti-gay…
Nigerian anti-gay law one of world’s harshest
By Peter Tatchell It was reported that last week, in a secret decision made without any public announcement, President Goodluck…
Anti-gay law welcome by Sharia enforcers
Islamic law enforcers in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest city have vowed a crackdown on homosexual activity, in the wake of…
Jonathan signs law banning same sex marriage
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a bill banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships that sparked international condemnation, his spokesman…
Amnesty calls on Jonathan to reject anti-gay bill
Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to reject a bill that would outlaw gay marriage and crackdown…
Nigerian Reps vote for anti-gay bill
Nigerian lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday to approving a bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights, including…