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By
Elisabeth Sewall on
May 22, 2010
On Thursday the New York Times reported the alarming and deeply troubling news that Malawi sentenced Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, a gay couple, to 14 years in prison and hard labor. The sentence was handed down as a punishment after the couple decided to throw a party to celebrate their engagement — an event that made [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, jamaica, lgbt, malawi, psychiatrist, steven monjeza, tiwonge chimbalanga, Uganda
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
May 19, 2010
Some good news out of Uganda: A few weeks after the US Senate passed a resolution condemning Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a special committee in Uganda has recommended the anti-homosexuality bill be withdrawn from Parliament.
Minister of Local Government Adolf Mwesige, chair of the special committee, called almost all of the clauses in the legislation either unconstitutional [...]
Posted in General Human Rights
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, new york times, Uganda, us senate
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
April 14, 2010
Over the past 2 months, PHR activists have sent more than 2200 emails to their Senators and Congressperson, urging them to condemn Uganda’s horrific Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
Yesterday, the Senate took a stand. Thanks in part to your advocacy, the Senate passed a resolution (S.R. 409) that not only condemns Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law, but also calls on [...]
Posted in General Human Rights
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, russ feingold, Senate resolution, Uganda
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
February 11, 2010
House Resolution (H.R.) 1064, which condemns Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, was introduced in the House last week and currently has 39 cosponsors. Representative Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is the primary sponsor of the bill. He is joined by other cosponsors, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health, Take Action
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, General Human Rights, house foreign affairs committee, howard berman, lgbt, PEPFAR, Take Action, Uganda
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
January 20, 2010
On Thursday January 21, 2010, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) is holding a hearing to discuss the proposed Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The hearing will be from 2-3:30pm in Rayburn House Office Building and is open to the media and public. The TLHRC was established in 2008 “to promote and advocate in a non-partisan [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health, Take Action
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, General Human Rights, lgbt, News Coverage, Take Action, tammy baldwin, tlhrc, tom lantos human rights commission, Uganda, us congress
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
January 17, 2010
The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill has sparked heated debate, both locally and internationally, surrounding the future of human rights in Uganda. If imposed, the bill will both violate the human rights of the gay community and potentially impact every citizen in Uganda who relies on international aid. Sweden has already stated their disapproval by threatening to [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health, Take Action
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, foreign aid, global post, Human RIghts Watch, Uganda, united nations, usa today, washington post
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
December 8, 2009
Right now, in Uganda, the Parliament is considering an “Anti-Homosexuality” Bill that, if passed, would be one of the world’s most draconian laws against homosexuality — and a horrifying violation of human rights. Uganda, once the darling of international AIDS circles for its efforts to stop the pandemic, is now becoming a pariah for even considering this [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, east africa, eric goosby, hillary clinton, hon bahati, Uganda, us secretary of state, yoweri museveni
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