Uganda considers locking up fags for life
Martin
'HIV' antibodies could face the death penalty.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010604016.html>:
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THE ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY Bill of 2009 is an ugly and ignorant piece of
legislation being considered in Uganda. If it is approved, the gay
people of that nation would be subject to life in prison. This retreat
from the death sentence originally proposed should neither be
celebrated nor considered a concession by the government in response
to pressure from the United States and other nations. The proposal is
barbaric. That it is even being considered puts Uganda beyond the pale
of civilized nations.
The nine-page bill, which says that "homosexual behavior and related
practices" are a "threat to the traditional family," is an offense
from beginning to end. The framers say it is needed to "protect" the
country from those "seeking to impose their values of sexual
promiscuity on the people of Uganda." They say the bill is also needed
because children and youth "are made vulnerable to sexual abuse and
deviation. . . ." Among the corrupting influences are "uncensored
technologies" and "increasing attempts by homosexuals to raise
children. . . ."
[...]
A seven-year jail term awaits the Ugandan who "aids, abets, [or]
counsels" homosexuals. And anyone convicted of "aggravated
homosexuality," which could mean someone who is HIV-positive and is
intimate with another person of the same sex, could "suffer death."
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14 years, 11 months and 25 days.
xlupine
Alex
discrimination in Uganda is illegal through the
constitution.
The penal code still has a lot of laws in it that date
from British colonialism, from a time when
homosexuality was illegal in Britain itself. These
countries became independent from 1960 to 1964,
and homosexuality in Northern Ireland did not become
legal until 1981.
However, around 1991, they all instituted modern
constitutions, which go very far in protecting against
discrimination, making discrimination through the
Penal Code unconstitutional. For instance, article 21
of the Ugandan constitutions states:
::21. Equality and freedom from discrimination.
::(1) All persons are equal before and under the
law in all spheres of political, economic, social
and cultural life and in every other respect and
shall enjoy equal protection of the law.
::(2) Without prejudice to clause (1) of this article,
a person shall not be discriminated against on the
ground of sex, race, colour, ethnic origin, tribe,
birth, creed or religion, social or economic standing,
political opinion or disability.
::(3) For the purposes of this article, "discriminate"
means to give different treatment to different persons
attributable only or mainly to their respective
descriptions by sex, race, colour, ethnic origin, tribe,
birth, creed or religion, social or economic standing,
political opinion or disability.
::(4) Nothing in this article shall prevent Parliament
from enacting laws that are necessary for-
::(a) implementing policies and programmes aimed
at redressing social, economic, educational or other
imbalance in society; or
::(b) making such provision as is required or authorised
to be made under this Constitution; or
::(c) providing for any matter acceptable and
demonstrably justified in a free and democratic
society.
::(5) Nothing shall be taken to be inconsistent with
this article which is allowed to be done under any
provision of this Constitution.
On 12 September 2008, in a case against the Attorney General of Uganda, brought by GLBT activists
Yvonne Oyoo and Juliet Mukasa, the High Court through High Court Judge Stella Arach set a precedent
and stated affirmatively that at least articles 23, 24 and 27 of articles 20 to 45 of the Ugandan
Constitution do apply to the GLBT community.
Human Rights Victory: Ugandan Transgender, Lesbian, and Gay human rights upheld in the high court of
Uganda
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Alex
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> What also was not widely reported, although it did make it to some media
> outlets, is that U.S.A. Republicans traveled to African countries to
> encourage them to make homosexuality illegal.
>
> I suspect they are doing test runs for home.
>
> Watch out!!!
>
> M
They always use developing countries or colonies
as petrie dishes for policies they would like to
try out at home (whether it was the holocaust
which had it's origins in german colonial policy
in Namibia, or the Shock Doctrine in Chile
and Argentina which later turned into the
Contract On America and the Republican
Party's 'Permanent Republican Majority').
You are right that the likes of 'The Family'
are behind adding new anti-gay laws in
Uganda. The only good thing is that they
are just as unconstitutional as the existing
anti gay laws.
And another thing. It is (outside of Islamic
countries), it is only in former BRITISH
colonies that there are specific laws against
homosexuality in the Penal Code. They do
not exist in former Belgian, Spanish, Portuguese
or French colonies.
Just some food for thought.
Alex