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Activists denounce Uganda's homosexuality bill

Google HIV News / guardian.co.uk  4 days ago

The Canadian Press Activists denounce Uganda's homosexuality billguardian.co.ukA Ugandan government bill that is advocating the death penalty for gay people will hinder the country's fight against HIV/Aids, legal experts and activists .
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Uganda’s anti-gay law blasted by surprising source - ‘ex-gays’ at Exodus

Qnews  4 days ago

About 40 people picketed outside of Uganda’s UN mission Thursday, chanting: “Gay rights are human rights.
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NY protesters target Uganda anti-gay law

Google HIV News / AFP  4 days ago

AFP NY protesters target Uganda anti-gay lawAFPThe law would impose the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," including by those who are HIV positive.
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Exodus opposes Uganda's proposed anti-gay law

Google HIV News / BP News  5 days ago

World Magazine Exodus opposes Uganda's proposed anti-gay lawBP NewsFor example, practicing homosexuals who have HIV would receive the death penalty under the new legislation.
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Gay Euro MPs denounce Ugandan bill

Google HIV News / Bay Windows  Nov 16 09

Gay Euro MPs denounce Ugandan billBay Windows"It also punishes 'aggravated homosexuality' -- including activity by 'serial offenders' or those who are HIV-positive -- with the death penalty.
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Ex-African leaders petition Museveni on Aids law

Google HIV News / The Citizen Daily  Nov 16 09

Ex-African leaders petition Museveni on Aids lawThe Citizen Daily... imprisoned for life and a death penalty imposed for those having gay sex with anyone under the age of 18, or when the accused is HIV-positive.
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Aiding Homophobia?

IGF Culture Watch  Nov 13 09

by Jonathan Rauch

Conditioning humanitarian aid, including health assistance, should always be a last resort.
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Church advocates “death penalty” sin for gays

Trey Cruz  Nov 10 09

Dallas Voice editor Tammye Nash voiced her concerns on the Instant Tea blog over Pastor Joey Faust’s militant’s comment over a LGBT protest in Fort Worth, Texas.
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US Supreme Court reinstates death penalty in Ohio death of man met in gay bar in 1985

Yahoo Gay News / Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune  Nov 09 09

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against an Ohio man who killed and mutilated a man he met in a gay bar in 1985, rejecting a claim that his lawyers erred during the sentencing phase of his trial.
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Uganda’s Antigay Executioners Coached by Another U.S. Evangelical

Truth Wins Out  Nov 09 09

Talk To Action on Friday identified another U.S. evangelical who has coached the leader of Uganda’s antigay death-penalty and family-imprisonment campaign.
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Three Iranian men on death row for homosexuality offences

Pink News  Nov 09 09

Three Iranian men are thought to be facing the death penalty for having homosexual relations. The men, named as Nemat Safavi, Mehdi P and Moshen G, have been on death row for three years and allegedly committed the crimes while under the age of 18.
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Four Nations Take Steps to Protest Uganda’s Antigay Death Penalty

Truth Wins Out  Nov 09 09

Four nations have taken preliminary action against the brewing human-rights disaster in Uganda. As previously reported, passage is expected in January of a law requiring execution of Ugandan HIV-positive homosexuals and long prison sentences for pastors and family members who refuse to turn in someone they know to be gay.
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Calling For Blood

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Nov 05 09

Reacting to an article on a family that was savagely tortured and murdered, Sonny Bunch defends the death penalty: Every time I start to waver on my support for the death penalty — as I did in the wake of.
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France condemns Uganda's proposed anti-gay law

Pink News  Nov 03 09

The French foreign ministry has attacked a bill in Uganda which would see gay people facing the death penalty or life imprisonment.
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Uganda vows to ignore world as it considers anti-gay law

Qnews  Nov 03 09

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Officials in Uganda fired back against human rights groups and foreign diplomats who have blasted a draconian law being considered by the country’s legislative body.
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Obama Signs Matthew Shepard Act...:)

Outtake Online  Oct 28 09

President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Act into law...:)The legislation expands the definition of federal hate crimesto include sexual orientation & gender identity.
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Europe minister Chris Byrant mentions gay rights in death penalty speech

Pink News  Oct 28 09

Chris Bryant, the openly gay minister for Europe, mentioned executions of gay people in Iran while arguing for the need to press other countries to abolish the death penalty.
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Uganda considers draconian anti-gay bill

Google HIV News / Bay Windows  Oct 26 09

Uganda considers draconian anti-gay billBay Windows... it with the death penalty in the case of "repeat offenders" and people who are HIV-positive.
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Ugandan Church leader says don't kill gays... just put them in jail

Topix Gay News  Oct 25 09

Ugandan Anglican church leader, Bishop Stanley Ntagali, has rejected proposals that gays should face the death penalty for sexual assault in some cases, but says that prison terms should remain as a deterrent.
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TRIPS+ negotiations - death sentence for thousands Ukrainians - please support our protest!!!!

AIDS Treatment News  Oct 23 09

"Dear friends, "I would like to turn for your support in our advocacy effort to prevent harmful effect of TRIPS+ that Ukraine is currently pushed to accept in EFTA negotiations.
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