Rick Perry bashes gays but Hillary Clinton defends their rights

Rick Perry, Republican presidential candidate, is running to be the theocrat in chief. He has a commercial that attacks President Obama for not kicking out gay men and women from the military. A policy that cost us millions of dollars per year. He also lies and states...

Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Stalled After Global Outcry

Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Delayed in DebateUganda's parliament has delayed voting on a bill that would bring severe penalties against gays and lesbians, including capital punishment in some cases. Aside from prompting a walkout from female members of Parliament, the anti-gay bill...

Uganda Would Welcome Muammar Gaddafi as Asylum Seeker

Uganda Offers Muammar Gaddafi Asylum A spokesman for Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni said that Uganda would allow Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to live there in exile. This is part of a diplomatic effort to get Gaddafi to step down in the face of ongoing foreign military...

In Zimbabwe, Gay Are Worse Than Dogs and Pigs

Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe once said, “It degrades human dignity. It's unnatural, and there is no question ever of allowing these people to behave worse than dogs and pigs. If dogs and pigs do not do it,...

Engaging affected women is key in fighting genital TB

Meaningful community engagement is so central to addressing tuberculosis (TB) of all forms. In preventing, diagnosing and treating genital TB it becomes no less valuable. "For sure the issue of genital TB caused me to flashback on the number of women who have had several...

Museveni Set for Re-election in Postwar Uganda

Ugandans go to the polls on February 18 for what will be only the second multi-party elections since President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986. He won a landslide victory in the first democratic presidential and parliamentary ballot in 2006 – although much has...

Kato Killing Must Serve as Catalyst for Change

US president has mourned murder of Ugandan Gay activist – Ugandan leaders should do the same. By Veronica Oakeshott - International Justice - ICC ...

Uganda Ruling Small Victory in Gay Struggle

Court bans media outing of homosexuals, but they remain a vulnerable, oppressed community. By Moses Odokonyero, Blake Evans-Pritchard - International Justice - ICC ...

ICC War Victims Fund Under Strain

Money channelled to help those affected by crimes said to be insufficient to meet demand.By Blake Evans - Pritchard, Richard Ekotu - International Justice - ICCACR Issue 282,20 Dec 10 Activists fear that a fund set up to support victims of crimes under...

ICC Under the Spotlight

IWPR’s international justice reporter Simon Jennings looks at the International Criminal Court’s achievements since it was founded eight years ago and considers what challenges lie ahead. By Simon Jennings ...

Bustling Arua Faces Uncertain Future

Town on border between Uganda and Sudan enjoying something of a boom, but there could be trouble ahead. By Simon Jennings - International Justice - ICC ...

Ugandan Girls Entering Juba Prostitution Racket

Growing concern that vulnerable youngsters being trafficked or lured by promises they can make good money across border in Sudan. By Florence Ogola - International Justice - ICC ...

Uganda: War-Era Guns Linked to Recent Murders

With many weapons from 20-year civil war still in circulation, police fear wave of killings could continue. By Bill Oketch - International Justice - ICC ...

Uganda's Rolling Stone Publishes 100 Photos of 'Top' Homosexuals

The Newspaper Rolling Stone in Uganda Has Published a List of the Country's 100 'Top' Homosexuals With the Headline 'Hang Them' Photos, full names and addresses were also posted in the paper. According to the Washington Post, since the publication of the list a few days ago,...

Poverty Parade: Desperate images and sad songs that never end

Even charities need to advertise. Every good cause, no matter how well known, accepted or funded, still needs to buckle down and work at raising awareness and cash. Over the years, many charitable organizations...

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