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Uganda Drops Death Penalty, Life Sentence From Proposed Anti-Gay Legislation
19 hours ago ago from Joe. My. God.
After weeks of international condemnation including threats to end foreign aid, Uganda will be dropping the sections of its anti-gay bill that call for the death penalty or life imprisonment. The draft bill, which is under consideration by a parliamentary committee, will drop the two punishments to attract the support of religious leaders who are opposed to these penalties, Buturo said today in a phone interview from the capital, Kampala. ...
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15 hours ago ago from Truth Wins Out » Blog
Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti- gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Parliament in two weeks, James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity told Bloomberg . The draft bill, which is under consideration by a parliamentary committee, will drop the two punishments to attract the support of religious leaders who are opposed to these penalties, Buturo ...
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20 hours ago ago from JD Journal
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on pending legislation in Uganda that would impose strict penalties on homosexuals, up to and including the death penalty for homosexuals infected with HIV. Merely engaging in a homosexual act would mandate a life sentence under the new law. Even more pernicious is the law's provisions for those that aid or abet a homosexual or anyone that rents living quarters to someone that is gay. Meeting those ...
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(The weekly Danation column is first published in City Link Magazine .) Sometimes, focus on a particular ongoing news story comes and goes in waves. I first read of the plight of African albinos about a year ago , but the Associated Press did a story on them just last week, which brought new attention to African albinos across the blogosphere. In essence, albinos in sub-Saharan Africa are often killed and dismembered, as their body parts ...
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