Ugandan Newspaper Prts List of '200 Top' Gays - The Washgton Informer

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• UGANDAN NEWSPAPER PRTS LIST OF ‘200 TOP’ GAYS
• UGANDAN TABLOID PUBLISH NEW 'GAY LIST'
• UGANDA NEWSPAPER PUBLISH 'GAY LIST,' LLS FOR THEIR HANGG
• NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)
• JUDGE ORRS UGANDAN PAPER TO STOP PUBLISHG 'GAY LISTS'
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA
• UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT
• 67 COUNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL AS UGANDA ENACTS HARSHT ANTI-LGBTQ LAW

UGANDAN NEWSPAPER PRTS LIST OF ‘200 TOP’ GAYS

The Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuday of what lled the untry's "200 top" homosexuals, outg some Ugandans who prevly had not intified themselv as gay, one day after the print Yoweri Meveni enacted a harsh anti-gay law.

UGANDAN TABLOID PUBLISH NEW 'GAY LIST'

Ugandan anti-gay activist Pastor Mart Ssempa posts up a public notice offerg “rehabilatn” for homosexuals at Uganda’s Natnal Theatre Kampala, Uganda Tuday, Feb. KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuday of what lled the untry’s “200 top” gays, outg some Ugandans and raisg fears of vlence agast those named jt a day after the print enacted a severe anti-gay law. Many on the list “are sred and they need help, ” said Pepe Julian Onziema, a proment Ugandan gay activist who was named the Red Pepper tabloid.

He warned that Washgton uld cut aid to the East Ain natn over the new law, which punish gay sex wh up to life prison. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon mand the revisn or repeal of the law, warng on Tuday that uld fuel prejudice and harassment agast gays.

News edor Ben Byarabaha said the paper published the full nam of only the well-known activists and tried to e nicknam for those not publicly gay.

UGANDA NEWSPAPER PUBLISH 'GAY LIST,' LLS FOR THEIR HANGG

Onziema, who has repeatedly warned that Uganda’s new law uld spark vlence agast gays, said the tabloid had provid enough rmatn to intify many people who had not e out publicly. Few Ugandans intify themselv publicly as gay, and the tabloid’s actns relled a siar list published 2011 by a now-funct tabloid that lled for the executn of gays. A proment Ugandan gay activist, David Kato, was killed after that list me out.

NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)

Uganda’s new anti-gay law also creat the offens of “nspiracy to m homosexualy” and “aidg and abettg homosexualy, ” both of which are punishable by seven years behd bars.

Those nvicted of “promotg homosexualy” face siar punishment.

JUDGE ORRS UGANDAN PAPER TO STOP PUBLISHG 'GAY LISTS'

In signg the bill, Meveni said the measure is need bee the Wt is promotg homosexualy Ai, and he rejected ternatnal cricism of the law as terference Uganda’s ternal affairs. Ugandan police spokman Patrick Onyango said Tuday that no gays have been arrted sce Meveni signed the bill but that at least two had been taken to ctody sce lawmakers passed the measure December.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN KAMPALA, UGANDA

Onziema said that he had unted up to six arrts and that more than a dozen gay Ugandans had fled the untry sce December.

UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT

Homosexualy has long been crimalized Uganda unr a lonial-era law that outlawed sex acts “agast the orr of nature.

67 COUNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS ILLEGAL AS UGANDA ENACTS HARSHT ANTI-LGBTQ LAW

Interview wh persecuted gay UgandanSTORY HIGHLIGHTSTabloid nam 10 people s says are gay, and lists their addrsPeople were attacked the last time the paper did thisIts edor urg rears not to attack people but report them to policeBll imposg harsh penalti for homosexualy beg nsired parliament Kampala, Uganda (CNN) -- The edor of a tabloid Uganda who argu that homosexualy is more dangero than smokg, has published a list of 10 gay and lbian people the Ain natn, urgg rears to report them to the police.

Last time listed 100 of what lled the untry's top gays and lbians, wh photos and addrs alongsi a yellow banner readg "hang them.