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Uganda tabloid prints list of 'top' homosexuals─── 11:04 Tue, 25 Feb 2014
Kampala - A Ugandan tabloid has published a list of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals the day after the country's president signed a harsh anti-gay law.
The Red Pepper tabloid published the names — and some pictures — in a front-page story under the headline: "EXPOSED!"
The list included prominent Ugandan gay activists such as Pepe Julian Onziema, who has repeatedly warned that Uganda's new anti-gay law could spark violence against homosexuals.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday enacted the bill that punishes gay sex with up to life in jail — a measure criticized as draconian in a country where homosexuality already had been criminalised.
Ugandan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said no homosexuals have been arrested since Museveni signed the bill.
The Red Pepper tabloid published the names — and some pictures — in a front-page story under the headline: "EXPOSED!"
The list included prominent Ugandan gay activists such as Pepe Julian Onziema, who has repeatedly warned that Uganda's new anti-gay law could spark violence against homosexuals.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday enacted the bill that punishes gay sex with up to life in jail — a measure criticized as draconian in a country where homosexuality already had been criminalised.
Ugandan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango said no homosexuals have been arrested since Museveni signed the bill.
AP
