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Uganda: Uganda to jail Same-sex Couples who marry- By 365Gay.com-07/07/05-http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/uganda/ugnews026.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Uganda?s parliament has passed tough new laws against gays in the African nation. The new law makes it a criminal offense for same-sex couples to marry.<br>?Parliament has adopted a proposal to amend the Constitution so as to criminalize same-sex marriages,? Bernard Eceru a spokesperson for the government told the Ugandan newspaper. Eceru said that 111 MPs voted in favor of the amendment, 17 against and three abstained.
(PDF - 247 Kb) Document Date: 7 Jul 2005 (Downloads: 143)
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Uganda: Ugandan Muslim: Put Gays on an Island let Them Die- By akinolarepent.com-10/16/07-http://akinolarepent.wordpress.com/category/uganda/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> The leading Muslim cleric in Uganda, Sheikh Ramathan Shaban Mubajje, has come up with a novel solution to deal with gay and lesbians speaking up in the country.<br>He told journalists at a press conference on Friday that he had recommended to the country?s President at a meeting last week that all gay people should be sent into exile on an island in Lake Victoria.<br>?If they die there then we shall have no more homosexuals in the country,? he added.<br>There has been rising tension in the country over gay and lesbian rights.<br>Ugandan law outlaws homosexuality as ?against the order of nature.? Trans people are also targeted by police and regularly subject to abuse and harassment.
(PDF - 52 Kb) Document Date: 16 Oct 2007 (Downloads: 275)
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Uganda: Witch hunt threatened- By Behind The Mask-10/18/04-http://www.mask.org.za/SECTIONS/AfricaPerCountry/ABC/uganda/uganda_68.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>The Xtreme has this week revealed the names of people who they claim are homosexuals and has threatened to reveal more names, claiming that their list includes high profile bussines men and religious leaders.
(PDF - 213 Kb) Document Date: 18 Oct 2004 (Downloads: 152)
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Turkey [Honor Killings]: Soul-Searching in Turkey After a Gay Man Is Killed - By DAN BILEFSKY, www.nytimes.com/ on 11/26/09: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/world/europe/26turkey.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Mr. Yildiz was killed 16 months ago, the victim of what sociologists say is the first gay honor killing in Turkey to surface publicly. He was shot five times as he left his apartment to buy ice cream. A witness said dozens of neighbors watched the killing from their windows, but refused to come forward. His body remained unclaimed by his family, a grievous fate under Muslim custom." <br><br> "Firat Soyle, a human rights lawyer for Lambda, who was advising Mr. Yildiz before his death, said that three months before the murder, Mr. Yildiz had filed a complaint at the local prosecutor?s office that he was receiving death threats from his family. Mr. Soyle said the prosecutor?s office had refused to investigate or provide Mr. Yildiz with protection. The local police and prosecutors declined to comment on the allegation because the case was continuing."
(PDF - 110 Kb) Document Date: 26 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 128)
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Belize: Protect Students from Discrimination and Expulsion- by IGLHRC on 12/03/09: http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/1032.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"On October 1 and 5, 2009, Jose Garcia, a 19-year-old student at Baptist School of Adult and Continuing Education in Belmopan, Belize, received letters from the school threatening to dismiss him is because "he acts like a girl," "dresses effeminately," "uses the female bathroom," and "carries a purse as his school bag." On October 20, Jose received a letter from the school principal, Norman Willacey, asking that Jose withdraw from the school and seek counseling. Later, he told Jose, "You have me so embarrassed. I don't want to see you here in the compound. If you [don't] leave right now I will call the police!""
(PDF - 204 Kb) Document Date: 3 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 178)
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Homofobia justifica desamparo a enfermos de VIH/SIDA en México - Homophobia justifies abandonment of those with HIV/AIDS in Mexico-by La Prensa Latina, 08/15/09: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109382&Itemid=1 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"La homofobia en México es un grave problema que legitima la
discriminación por las instituciones estatales, consideró el director
del Programa de VIH/SIDA de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos
Humanos, Ricardo Hernández." <br><br> "De acuerdo con el funcionario, los prejuicios evitan que el Estado
cumpla con su obligación de garantizar los derechos humanos, y
violentan la dignidad de las personas, su derecho a la protección de
la salud, a la igualdad y no discriminación."<br><br>
"Homophobia is a serious problem in Mexico and it legitimizes discrimination by state institutions, reflected the director of the HIV/AIDS Program of the National Commission of Human Rights, Ricardo Hernández."<br><br>
"In agreement with the official, prejudices allow the State to not fulfill its obligation of guaranteeing human rights, and they violate the dignity of people, their right to protection of health, to equality and non-discrimination."
(PDF - 147 Kb) Document Date: 8 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 222)
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Homosexuality threat to Ugandans- activists- Daily Monitor-by Mercy Nalungo on 04/24/09: http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Homosexuality_threat_to_Ugandans_activists_83727.shtml (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
?Activists against homosexuality in Uganda stormed parliament on Tuesday protesting against the practice and demanded a probe into the practice in the country. <br><br>
The activists who were holding banners denouncing the activity were led by the Family Life Network in conjunction with religious leaders.<br><br>
The groups led by the Executive Director of Family Life Network, Mr Stephen Langa while handing over their petition to the Deputy Speaker,Ms Rebecca Kadaga said the Parliamentary select committee should also assess the extent of the damage homosexuality has caused to children and Ugandans.?
(PDF - 123 Kb) Document Date: 24 Apr 2009 (Downloads: 237)
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Mexico: Denuncian gays acoso policiaco en Durango- Gays denounce Police harassment in Durango - by Saúl Maldonado, La Jornada, 11/10/09: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/11/10/index.php?section=politica&article=014n2pol (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuales de Durango denunciaron que son objeto de extorsiones y abuso sexual de policías municipales, a quienes no denuncian penalmente porque temen represalias, además que en la entidad han ocurrido despidos de trabajadores que han manifestado sus preferencias sexuales."<br><br>
"Homosexuals from Durango reported that they are the object of extortion and sexual abuse on the part of municipal police, who they have not denounced criminally because they fear reprisals, aside from the fact that in the state workers have been fired because they have expressed their sexual preferences."
(PDF - 114 Kb) Document Date: 10 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 231)
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Picture on MSM stabbing and process of Stigma and homophobia-update - by Mr. Caleb Orozco President, (UNIBAM) on 12/28/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"This young man in the picture will have these scars on him for the rest of his life. The
ay heal outside, but the psychological impact inside will remain. What is good to know
about this case is that the mother will proceed to request help from one superintendent Guzman
who it is perceived friendly to the family. Unfortunately, I learnt on the 29th, that the perpetuator
of this crime was sent to court on a separate charge of rape, but was unescorted, of?cers were
told about the need to hold the guy at court, but they ignored that warning and let the guy walk
freely out the court door. So they were still looking for him."
(PDF - 1,364 Kb) Document Date: 28 Dec 2008 (Downloads: 240)
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Ugandans Hold Anti-Gay Demonstration - by Katy Pownall, Associated Press Write, bahaisonline.net on 08/22/07: http://bahaisonline.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1323&Itemid=2 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Hundreds of people held an anti-gay protest in Uganda's capital Tuesday, denouncing what they called an "immoral" lifestyle and demanding the deportation of an American journalist writing about gay rights in the deeply conservative country. <br><br>
Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, like in most African states, and carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. "
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 22 Aug 2007 (Downloads: 188)
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¿Homofobia o delincuencia común? (III entrega)- Homophobia or common delinquency?- by www.lapagina.com.sv on 08/18/09: http://www.lapagina.com.sv/nacionales/17580/2009/09/18/Homofobia-o-delincuencia-comun-%28III-entrega%29 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
" Igualmente William Hernández, dirigente de la Asociación Entreamigos, y quien antes ha sufrido amenazas y persecusiones, opinó que la intolerancia de diferentes sectores conllevan a este tipo de violencia. <br><br>
"Hasta ahora LA PÁGINA verificó que en ninguno de los 20 asesinatos de homosexuales ha habido detenciones, aunque todos los procesos de investigación están abiertos."<br><br>
"Likewise William Hernández, director of the Between Friends Association, and who has suffered threats and persecutions, considered that the intolerance of different sectors put up with this type of violence.<br><br>
"Up until now THE PAGE verified that there has not been any arrests in any of the 20 murders of homosexuals even though all of the processes of investigation are open."
(PDF - 1,972 Kb) Document Date: 18 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 249)
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Condenados seis homosexuales a penas de hasta tres años por 'peligrosidad predelictiva' - Six homosexuals condemned with sentences for up to 3 years for "dangerous pre-criminality," -by www.cubaencuentro.com on 11/04/09:http://www.cubaencuentro.com/es/cuba/noticias/condenados-seis-homosexuales-a-penas-de-hasta-tres-anos-por-peligrosidad-predelictiva-221017 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"La Confederación Española COLEGAS, de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transexuales, denunció la condena de 6 jóvenes homosexuales cubanos a penas de prisión de entre 2 y 3 años, por supuesta "peligrosidad predelictiva". <br><br> "El Tribunal Municipal de Boyeros, Ciudad La Habana, sentenció este miércoles a los jóvenes por considerar que son "propensos a cometer un delito en el futuro" indicó la organización en un comunicado.<br><br>
"The Spanish Confederation COLEGAS (Confederaton of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals) denounced the sentence of 6 Cuban homosexual youth to prison sentences of between 2 and 3 years, for supposed "dangerous tendency." <br><br>
"The Municipal Court of Boyeros, City of Havana, sentenced the youth this Wednesday considering that they have a "propensity to commit a crime in the future" the organization indicated in a statement."
(PDF - 138 Kb) Document Date: 4 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 205)
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Gay rights in Belize, By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter on www.reporter.bz, 02/08/09: http://www.reporter.bz/archive/view/3713 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuals are also human beings," Orozco says, "and should be respected as members of society." He noted that presently it is rather difficult to get justice at the courts for abuse of gays because there is no (legal) framework to protect them."
(PDF - 244 Kb) Document Date: 8 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 247)
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The United Belize Advocacy Movement Cummulative Report on Homophobia In Belize Dated 26th, Febraury, 2009- by United Belize Advocacy Movement, UniBAM (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"It can be said that the state does not actively sanction discrimination, but it cannot be said that it has done anything to strengthen laws or proactively removed, develop laws or policies that is consistently inclusive of the needs of LGBT person in the country. For the most part, there is a difference between practice and policy and as such, practice is more of a problem that policy at present. Still, state indifference and reluctance to address the issue of homophobia head on is what sustains prevailing cultural attitudes in the country. Laws on the books not only remains unequal, it prevent the recognition of the gender identity change for transgender persons and does not protect a person from discrimination base on sexual orientation and gender identity. These are just examples of sustained discrimination by the state. It can be said that while reports of discrimination is based on individual practice outside and inside government systems, the indifference in the system remains as there are no sensitization training with uniform populations of health service providers directly, justifiedby the arguement that the system has too many other priorities,hence, a fragmented approach exists at best. "
(PDF - 275 Kb) Document Date: 26 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 222)
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Uganda: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 - 03/08/06-Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor-http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61598.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br Homosexuals faced widespread discrimination and legal restrictions. It is against the law for homosexuals to engage in sexual acts, based on a legal provision that criminalizes carnal acts against the "order of nature" with a penalty of life imprisonment.<br>In January the Anti-Homophobie Africaine, a local NGO whose aim is to protect and promote the rights of persons with a minority sexual acts, based on a legal provision that criminalizes carnal acts against ?order of nature? with a penalty of life imprisomnment.<br>On July 6, parliament amended Article 31 of the constitution to prohibit homosexual marriage.
(PDF - 2,493 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 156)
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Uganda: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 - 03/06/07-Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor-http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78763.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br Homosexuals faced widespread discrimination and legal restrictions. It is illegal for homosexuals to engage in sexual acts, based on a legal provision that criminalizes "carnal acts against the order of nature" with a penalty of life imprisonment.<br> On August 8, the Red Pepper tabloid published a list of 45 first names and professions of alleged homosexual men. HRW condemned the tabloid's decision to publish the list and called for the government to end harassment and condemnation of homosexuals and sexual rights activists. There were unconfirmed reports that arrests were made following the publication of the article.<br> On August 14, a court in Kampala charged David Kaloke with having "carnal sex" in September 2005 with Michael Mukiibi, a 16-year-old student of Kyebando. Kaloke was released on bail and the case was pending at year's end.<br> n July 2005 parliament amended Article 31 of the constitution to prohibit same sex marriage.<br>Persons with HIV/AIDS continued to face discrimination among local communities and employers. On July 17, the director of the country's HRW HIV/AIDS program called for an end to abuses of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The NGO cited the example of Vivian Kavuma, who was reportedly murdered in June by her lover after she disclosed she was an HIV/AIDS patient. No arrests were made in the case by year's end.<br>International and local NGOs, in cooperation with the government, sponsored public awareness campaigns that aimed to eliminate the stigma of HIV/AIDS. Counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS was free and available at health centers and local NGOs across the country. Counselors encouraged patients to be tested with their partners and family so that they all received information about living with HIV/AIDS. Persons living with HIV/AIDS formed support groups to promote awareness in their local communities.
(PDF - 497 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 126)
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Uganda: Maroon the Gays-By New Internationalist-01/30/08-http://www.newint.org/columns/currents/2008/01/01/sexualminorities/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br In August radio presenter Gaetano Kaggwa was suspended for hosting a talk show that included lesbian activist Victor Mukasa ? yet another development in the widespread crackdown on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community sweeping Uganda. Two years earlier, Victor, who is chair of SMUG (Sexual Minorities of Uganda), had her home raided by police who confiscated all documents with a homosexual content. A fellow activist from Kenya, Yvonne Oloo, was in the house at the time and was taken to the police station and detained. Members of SMUG believe the raid, and Oloo?s detention, was part of an elaborate plan by the Ugandan Government to end LGBT activities.
(PDF - 20 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 236)
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Uganda: Prejudice in Uganda- By Eric Beauchemin-01/12/04-http://web.archive.org/web/20040219221608/http://www.rnw.nl/humanrights/html/uganda.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br The consecration of a gay bishop in the United States in August 2003 sparked off a heated debate about homosexuality and the church throughout the world. Nowhere more so than in Africa. Anglican leaders in Uganda, for instance, condemned the confirmation of Reverend Gene Robinson, describing it as "regrettable, sad and lamentable". Nonetheless, gays and lesbians in Uganda are fighting to obtain recognition and acceptance.
(PDF - 276 Kb) Document Date: 12 Jan 2004 (Downloads: 128)
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Uganda: Report on Rights on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Uganda-11/09/06-http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/publications/reportsandpublications/306.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br This report on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Republic of Uganda under the African Charter of Human and Peoples? Rights was written in response to the periodic report of the Republic of Uganda presented at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Commission in May.
(PDF - 1,252 Kb) Document Date: 9 Nov 2006 (Downloads: 111)
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Uganda: Uganda fines radio station after Gays interviewed-By 365gay.com-10/04/04-http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/uganda/ugnews020.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>Uganda?s broadcast regulatory body has fined a radio station mora than $1000 and ordered it to air a public apology over an interview with gays seeking civil rights in the African country.<br>Radio Simba aired the interview during a program on minority rights.<br>The Ugandan Broadcasting Council accused the station of defying the country?s Electronic Media Act., wich prohibits any broadcasting that is contrary to public morality. It also said that Radio Simba contravened Uganda?s Penal Code Act., wich stipulates that homosexuality is illegal in the country.
(PDF - 141 Kb) Document Date: 4 Oct 2004 (Downloads: 224)
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