Uganda bars media from outing gays
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A Ugandan High Court judge has ruled that media companies in the country should not publish the identities of people they say are homosexuals.
The decision was described as a "landmark ruling" by gay rights activists.
The case was brought against The Rolling Stone newspaper which last year published several lists of people its editor said were gay.
Many said they were attacked after their names and photos were printed.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda and activists say the gay community still lives in fear.
"The judge granted a permanent injunction against Rolling Stone from publishing these names," lawyer John Francis Onyango, who represented the three gay rights campaigners who brought the case, told AFP.
"But the ruling went beyond these applicants and extended to all media," he added.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12107596
The decision was described as a "landmark ruling" by gay rights activists.
The case was brought against The Rolling Stone newspaper which last year published several lists of people its editor said were gay.
Many said they were attacked after their names and photos were printed.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda and activists say the gay community still lives in fear.
"The judge granted a permanent injunction against Rolling Stone from publishing these names," lawyer John Francis Onyango, who represented the three gay rights campaigners who brought the case, told AFP.
"But the ruling went beyond these applicants and extended to all media," he added.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12107596
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EdJoyProductions
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Well, this is nice, but the damage is already done. The underlying prejudice needs to be addressed and a society that believes it is acceptable to murder people that were born a particular way must be reprogrammed and educated.
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littlwarrior
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EdJoyProductions:
What they need is freedom from religion.
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littlwarrior
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EdJoyProductions
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littlwarrior:
We can dream, can't we? That is not happening anytime soon, but I am with you.
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EdJoyProductions
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freecrack
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whew
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freecrack
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joeeddy
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Wonderful! Next?
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joeeddy
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littlwarrior
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This is one step forward but there are so many more to go.
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