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Uganda's president signs law with death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality"

Chatanooga Times Free Press 31 May 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president has signed into law legislation targeting gay people that is supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad ... "I join with people around the world — including many in Uganda — in calling for its immediate repeal.
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Uganda's president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

Dothan Eagle 31 May 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad ... "I join with people around the world — including many in Uganda — in calling for its immediate repeal.
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Soccer-Lyon's Aouar gets first Algeria call-up after switch from France

The Star 31 May 2023
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Olympique Lyon's Houssem Aouar has been called up to the Algeria squad for the first time ahead of games against Uganda and Tunisia, the national football association said on Tuesday. Read full story ... .
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Redo of federal plane evacuation tests sought as passengers squeeze into smaller spaces

Caledonian Record 31 May 2023
Critics say the FAA has been lax in ensuring that today's airliners — with more seats and narrower rows — meet that standard ... The FAA's administrator at the time that the tests provided “useful, but not necessarily definitive information.”. More from this section ... Uganda's president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases.
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Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law spurs bipartisan uproar in US

The Hill 30 May 2023
Menendez reposted a statement from December 2020, when he introduced a bill condemning the Museveni administration and calling on the Biden administration to take action, writing at the time, “the long standing effort to build democracy in Uganda is under grave ...
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Uganda’s extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation, explained

Vox 30 May 2023
Uganda’s queer activist Papa De raises a fist outside the Ugandan High Commission during a picket against the country's anti-homosexuality bill in Pretoria ... A version of Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill will likely become law, after years of campaigning ... Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policy are nothing new in Uganda or other former British colonies.
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Ted Cruz shocks conservative supporters by condemning Uganda’s anti-sodomy law

Life Site 30 May 2023
Ted Cruz of Texas has joined the Left in opposing Uganda’s latest anti-sodomy law, calling it “grotesque” and “an abomination.” ... As LifeSiteNews previously noted, homosexual activities have explicitly carried criminal penalties under the law since at least Uganda’s time as a British protectorate, which ranged from the late 19th century until 1962.
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Uganda’s president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

The Grio 30 May 2023
Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad ... A gay Ugandan couple cover themselves with a pride flag as they pose for a photograph in Uganda on March 25, 2023.
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Uganda Just Made Homosexuality Punishable by Death. American Evangelical Groups Played a Role

Vanity Fair 30 May 2023
After more than a decade of anti-LGBTQ lobbying from American evangelical groups, Uganda has finally enacted what’s among the harshest anti-gay laws in the world ... Anti-gay sentiment in Uganda ... “This Uganda law is horrific & wrong,” tweeted Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican.
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Does Biden actually care about gay rights?

The Spectator 30 May 2023
Uganda has little to offer the global markets in comparison ... What we probably can all agree on is the hypocrisy of an American government in threatening Uganda with sanctions and more over gay rights – at the same time as the White House still treats Saudi Arabia as a vital strategic ally ... Uganda has little to offer the global markets in comparison.
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Uganda Has Signed Into Law the World’s Harshest Anti-LGBTQ Bill. Here’s What to Know

Time Magazine 30 May 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad ... [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] ... “Uganda’s progress on its HIV response is now in grave jeopardy,” the statement said.
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Ruzamba ‘Kiri’ Chrysologue – from playing tin can guitars to the festival stage

Guitar.com 30 May 2023
READ MORE ... Image ... Image ... Over the years, the acoustic guitar has become his sanctuary, a tool for composing melodies and finding solace during his leisure time ... Kiri encountered Tamfum at the National Theatre in Uganda and while they never got to spend the time learning together as Kiri had wanted, he found the Congolese guitarist inspirational ... Image.
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Bowling Green Daily News 30 May 2023
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Uganda imposes death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’

The Spokesman-Review 29 May 2023
The people of Uganda have spoken,” tweeted parliamentary speaker Anita Annet Among, announcing that President Yoweri Museveni had signed the legislation ... Uganda’s parliament originally passed the bill in March but it was returned to legislators by a presidential veto ... “I left Uganda in 2018; it was a scary time for me.
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Uganda's president signs into law tough anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 29 May 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda's president has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad ... "Uganda's progress on its HIV response is now in grave jeopardy," the statement said.

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