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Last edited: April 24, 2007
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Uganda
- Statute: Section 140: Carnal knowledge against the order of
nature
- Penalty: Life
- Restrictions:
Statute
Section 140 Penal Code criminalizes "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Section 141 prohibits "attempts at carnal knowledge" with a maximum penalty of 7 years' imprisonment.
Section 143 punishes acts of, procurement of, or attempts to procure acts of "gross indecency"
between men in public or private with up to 5 years imprisonment.
Prosecutions rare. (IOC)
Homosexual acts between women are not mentioned (PB)
News
- Ugandan
Lesbian Seeks U.S. Asylum - By the Associated Press in the New
York Times, March 30, 2007
Olivia Nabulwala says her family in Uganda was so angry and ashamed to
learn she was a lesbian that her relatives hurled insults at her, pummeled
her and, finally, stripped her and held her down while a stranger raped
her.
- Activist:
"Uganda is the new Zimbabwe" - The
Advocate, September 27, 2006
Thirty protesters picketed the Ugandan High Commission in London on Friday
in protest of the persecution of gay and lesbian Ugandans. They were from
the National Union of Students LGBT campaign and from the gay rights group
OutRage!
- Gay Protest at
Ugandan Embassy in London - 365Gay.com,
September 25, 2006
- Ugandan Paper's Listing of Alleged Gay Men
Assailed - CNN.com,
September 8, 2006
- Amnesty:
Situations Worsens for Gays in Uganda - 365Gay.com,
August 29, 2006
- Gay Rights Commission Condemns Uganda's Gay Policy
- ALLAFRICA.COM,
August 16, 2006
- Ugandan
Lesbian Seeking Asylum Told "Lesbians Are Not Homosexuals" -
The
Advocate, June 10, 2006
An asylum-seeking Ugandan lesbian now in the United Kingdom is being told
by a U.K. judge that she will be sent back to Africa because
"lesbians are not homosexuals" and that only gay males in Uganda
face persecution.
- Rights Body Attacks Uganda Over Gay Ban - The
Monitor, July 26, 2005
- Homosexual
Rights Divide Cabinet - The
Monitor, July 8, 2005
- Uganda to Jail Same-Sex Couples Who Marry - 365Gay.com,
July 7, 2005
- Church Schism Feared Despite Deal on Gays
- Guardian,
February 26, 2005
- U.K. Denies Visa to Gay Ugandan Man - Gay.com
U.K., February 1, 2005
- Gay Ugandan Refused Entry to UK Because
Homosexuality Is Illegal in His Homeland - 365Gay.com,
January 31, 2005
- Disease, Overcrowding Raging in Jailhouses -
December 5, 2004
- Uganda Warns UN Not to Give Gays AIDS
Information - November 30, 2004
- Criminal Responsibility for Homosexual
Activities Likely to Be Introduced in Russia - October 5, 2004
- Uganda Fines Radio Station After Gays
Interviewed - October 4, 2004
- Uganda Fines Radio Station for Gay Show -
October 4, 2004
- Lesbian Student Punished for Sexuality Rumours
Kills Herself - December 19, 2003
- MPs Warn Aid Donors on Gay Lobby - November
7, 2003
- ‘My Life as a Gay Ugandan Christian’ -
October 27, 2003
- Uganda Gays To Gov’t: Give Us Civil Rights Or
We Form Our Own Party - October 6, 2003
- Ugandan President Seeks Gay Arrests - October
2, 2001
- Gay Abuse in Uganda Gets U.S. Attention -
July 10, 2001
- Church Soft on Pro-Gay Bishop, Says Minister
- May 20, 2001
- Gay Anglicans Spring Activist from Ugandan Prison - April 6,
2000
- MPs for Big Homosexual Debate Today - November 28, 1999
- Museveni Still Tough On Homosexuals - November 24, 1999
- Church Backs Museveni Against Homosexuality - November 14,
1999
- Arrests of Gay Men Have Begun in Uganda -
November 1, 1999
- Homophobia Strikes Uganda - October 26, 1999
- U.S. Concerned about Museveni Remarks - October 15, 1999
- Mazrui Attacks Museveni Over Homo Arrests - October 6, 1999
- Uganda Homosexuals Ordered Arrested -
September 29, 1999
- 84% Reject Homosexuals - September 29, 1999
- Arrest Homos, Says Museveni - September 28,
1999
- Ugandan President Orders Arrest of Gays - September 28, 1999
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