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MAGISTRATE IN UGANDA HOMOPHOBIC SMEAR CASE ACCUSES LAWYER OF DIRTY TRICKS CAMPAIGN

The trial magistrate in Uganda’s on-going landmark homophobic smear case against three anti-gay pastors has accused the lead defence lawyer of a dirty tricks campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

GAMBIAN PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH PROMISES STRICTER LAWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has promised to toughen laws that punish the act of homosexuality in his country. Read the rest of this entry »

HOMOPHOBIC PROTESTORS STAGE DEMOS IN SIERRA LEONEAN CAPITAL

A group of Muslims held the third anti-gay protest of recent weeks in the Lumley district of Freetown, Sierra Leone last Friday, saying they were committed to combating the promotion of LGBT rights. Read the rest of this entry »

VISITING EVANGELIST ASSURES UGANDA’S LGBTI “NOT ALL AMERICAN CHRISTIAN PREACHERS ARE ANTI-GAY”

A visiting American evangelist, Pastor Joseph Tolton, has criticised Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Bill saying the conservative US evangelicals who backed the legislation “have lost the moral and cultural war.” Read the rest of this entry »

LGBTI ACTIVISTS IN HEARTFELT TRIBUTE TO UGANDA’S DAVID KATO AT REMEMBRANCE MASS

Gay rights activists in Uganda on Thursday paid tribute to murdered gay rights defender, David Kato, one year after his murder. Read the rest of this entry »

UGANDAN CHRISTIAN GROUP BANS CLERGY FROM MARRYING GAY COUPLES

The umbrella organization of Ugandan evangelical Christians, the Born Again Faith Federation, has told its clerics to refrain from marrying gay couples should government drop the infamous Anti Homosexuality Bill. Read the rest of this entry »

DATE SET FOR CRUCIAL RULING IN UGANDA’S HOMOPHOBIC SMEAR CASE

A ruling on whether three Christian preachers accused of conspiracy to damage the reputation of their fellow preacher have a case to answer will be made on December 15. Read the rest of this entry »

THE HOMPHOBIC DISRUPTION OF AMSHER’S PRE-ICASA MEETING – WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

The 16th ICASA 2011 meeting kicked off on December 4 in a colourful ceremony in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, however some undertone tensions marred the key event. Read the rest of this entry »

ETHIOPIAN MINISTER PREVAILS ON RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO CALL OFF ANTI-GAY NEWS BRIEFING

Ethiopia’s health minister on Tuesday appeared to have headed off a confrontation between religious groups and gay activists ahead of an important international Aids conference in Addis Ababa. Read the rest of this entry »

UGANDA: DATE SATE FOR RULING ON HOMOPHOBIC SMEAR CASE

A magistrate will rule on December 18, 2011 about whether three clerics accused of conspiracy to damage the reputation of their fellow pastor, have a case to answer. Read the rest of this entry »

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