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Home > Uganda: Online protest keeps spotlight on anti-gay bill

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Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 02:00
Categories: 
LGBTI [2]
Issue Number: 
472 [3]
Article-Summary: 

More than 450,000 people have signed an online petition urging Uganda's parliament to drop a bill that would impose the death sentence for the crime of "aggravated homosexuality" - when an HIV-positive person has sex with anyone who is disabled or under the age of 18.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/lgbti/62775 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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