Anti-Homosexuality Bill

February 22, 2014

Appeal to Ugandan president to veto 'vicious' anti-gay law

With just a day to go, President Museveni must veto the vicious Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda, say human rights activists.
February 16, 2014

Ugandan president gives way, will sign anti-homosexuality bill

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has agreed to sign a brutally oppressive Anti Homosexuality Bill into law, after pressure within and outside his party. Prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has grown to dangerous proportions and already some have fled abroad to safety.
November 23, 2012

Petitioners urged to act now against Uganda's 'death to gays' bill

The Ugandan Parliament is set to pass a brutal law that could carry the death penalty for homosexuality, and campaigners are lobbying hard against it.
February 14, 2012

Church leaders join struggle against Ugandan anti-gay bill

Following the re-introduction in Uganda of a bill that would harshly punish homosexuality, human rights activists, including some church leaders, are opposing it.
November 30, 2011

Nigerian Senate votes through anti-gay bill

Nigeria came closer to adopting a harsh anti-gay bill when Senate passed it on 29 November 2011, to the dismay of civil rights advocates.
November 30, 2011

How Nigeria's anti-gay bill is unjust and victimizing

The Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2011 in Nigeria (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15821), if it becomes law, will make life even more unpleasant for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people, who already face tough legal penalties, for their friends and for supporters of universal human rights.
November 21, 2011

Ugandan bishop speaks out as anti-gay bill looms again

A Ugandan church leader who campaigns for gay rights has renewed his call for tolerance and compassion as debate on an anti-homosexuality bill resumes.
October 3, 2011

Nigeria’s anti-gay Bill: remembering human rights

As some Nigerian politicians try again to push through legislation to further criminalise LGBT people and their friends, it is all the more important for those not caught up in a surge of mass hostility, including overseas well-wishers, to try to ensure that human rights are protected, and the dignity of all respected, says Savi Hensman.
August 17, 2011

Pressure on Home Office to halt deportation of gay Ugandan

The UK Home Secretary is under pressure to halt the deportation of Robert Segwanyi to Uganda, where he was imprisoned and tortured for being gay.
May 11, 2011

British PM urged to act over Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill

LGCM has called on all people of good will, including UK Christians, to oppose the "deeply flawed, inhumane and unjust" Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda.