Tag: Uganda

Uganda Parliament to Debate Anti-Homosexuality Bill Next Week

February 4, 2012

The Anti-homosexuality Bill has become known as the Kill-The-Gays-Bill and has caused an international outcry. by Melanie Nathan, 02/04/2012 7:00 AM Uganda’s, Anti Homosexuality bill of  2009 is due for debate when parliament resumes business in Uganda next week, according to a source who made contact with me.  This Bill includes the death penalty for … More Uganda Parliament to Debate Anti-Homosexuality Bill Next Week

Deportation to Anti-Gay Uganda | Past and Future of Gay Detainee Joseph Bukombe

February 3, 2012

Editor’s Advocacy Note:   The Obama Administration has indicated via recent memo and speeches the strong support for International LGBT human rights. As an activist in this arena we implore upon the administration to not mince their words and to show action as well here on home turf!  That would include protecting asylum seekers such as … More Deportation to Anti-Gay Uganda | Past and Future of Gay Detainee Joseph Bukombe

U.S. Deputy Sec. of State talks Human Rights to Uganda’s President Museveni

February 2, 2012

US subtle warnings… diplomacy reigns supreme as US supports the African Union events this past month.. By Melanie Nathan, February 02, 2012 US Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns has concluded his week-long visit to Africa in Ethiopia, venue of the 18th African Union Summit, the US State Department said in a statement obtained by … More U.S. Deputy Sec. of State talks Human Rights to Uganda’s President Museveni

Uganda Embarks Upon Aggressive HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan includes Circumcision

February 1, 2012

To include the 2008 Circumcision Plan The Ugandan government has launched a new HIV/AIDS prevention strategy and plan for the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015.  The Program  Manager at the AIDS Control Programme (ACP) Zainab Akol said under the plan, measures are to be adopted to include a more cost-effective … More Uganda Embarks Upon Aggressive HIV/AIDS Prevention Plan includes Circumcision

One year Memorial in Uganda for our Murdered Comrade David Kato

January 25, 2012

Ugandan LGBTI activists are holding a day of remembrance and services for brother David Kato , the outspoken LGBTI activist who was brutally murdered last year. Kato known to be  the most vocal gay rights advocate in Uganda, a country where homophobia is so severe that Parliament is considering a bill to execute gay people.  … More One year Memorial in Uganda for our Murdered Comrade David Kato

Uganda | Visiting South African Mbeki Slams Bahati’s Kill-The-Gays Bill

January 22, 2012

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has hit out at Ndorwa West MP David Bahati’s anti-gay Bill, telling a public audience in Kampala that what two consenting adults do in private “is really not the matter of law.” by Melanie Nathan Finally, a South African leader has spoken out publicly and forcefully against the Anti-Homosexuality … More Uganda | Visiting South African Mbeki Slams Bahati’s Kill-The-Gays Bill

Ugandan Monitor Article Suggests Gays Called for their Own Hanging

January 9, 2012

Melanie Nathan, January 01,2012 Mr. Bernard Sabiti, a self proclaimed social critic in Uganda, with clear political aspirations, and probably a Museveni Regime Bahati sock puppet, has upped the anti-gay ante in his country in an insidious attempt to discredit gays.   Activists around the world are responding to Sabiti’s claim in an article he wrote … More Ugandan Monitor Article Suggests Gays Called for their Own Hanging

Breaking: Facebook Timeline Glitch Could Cause Danger for GAY LGBTI Users

January 8, 2012

UPDATE: 8-08-2012 –  It would seem from checking back at the site concerned that the problem has been resolved.  It may not have been a problem at all, it is difficult to tell. However, exercising caution when using social media is advised at all time. by Melanie Nathan, Jan 08, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO –  Facebook … More Breaking: Facebook Timeline Glitch Could Cause Danger for GAY LGBTI Users

Ugandan Social Critic Slams Ugandan Gays Under Pretense of AHB Boosting Gay Agenda

January 7, 2012

 Is this another “Rolling Stone Uganda” design; Lets get the Homos by social sock puppet Bernard Sabiti!” by Melanie Nathan, Jan 07, 2011 Bernard Sabiti, a self acclaimed Ugandan social critic has written an article ominously entitled “How the Anti-Homosexuality Bill boosted gays agenda in Uganda” where you would think he is about to  make … More Ugandan Social Critic Slams Ugandan Gays Under Pretense of AHB Boosting Gay Agenda

Gays as Accidental Anti-Gay Tourists in Africa – The Lioness and the Wallet

January 5, 2012

By Melanie Nathan, 01/05/2012 When we as Western tourists go to Africa, we go to view nature – to visit tribal villages, to see the dance and hear song; we sit eagerly at waterholes waiting for the lioness to pounce the unsuspecting deer, while the landscape and the vast bush yields to the pristine African … More Gays as Accidental Anti-Gay Tourists in Africa – The Lioness and the Wallet

Uganda Scapegoats Homosexuality as 14 Women Die in Childbirth on Xmas Day

December 26, 2011

by Melanie Nathan; December 26, 2011 Somehow I think the anti-homosexuality strategy on natural order and defilement needs a dramatic overhaul. Xmas is a day of joy and childbirths are highlighted as part of that joy, often heralding religious connotations and meaning.  But it is not that way for many as the day brought darkness … More Uganda Scapegoats Homosexuality as 14 Women Die in Childbirth on Xmas Day

Thanks to Readers: Gay Asylum Detainee Joseph Bukombe is Home For XMAS

December 24, 2011

by Melanie Nathan, Dec 24, 2011. Thanks to all the seventy donors who contributed to bail for Joseph Bukombe, who was released from Otay Mesa  detention center in San Diego late last night. He enjoyed his first meal with friends in San Diego at a Kenyan restaurant  and wanted to express his deep appreciation to … More Thanks to Readers: Gay Asylum Detainee Joseph Bukombe is Home For XMAS

Americans must Heed the Cry of African LGBTI Victims

December 22, 2011

“Actions speak louder than words!” by Melanie Nathan Dec 22, 2011. SAN FRANCISCO – Shorty after Secretary Clinton and President Obama spoke out about LGBTI Global human rights, the bloggers and press began to buzz with statements and comments from those impacted by the speech and memo, respectively.  The most sought after statements came from … More Americans must Heed the Cry of African LGBTI Victims

UNHCR Issues Report Highlighting Violence Based on Sexual Orientation

December 15, 2011

by Melanie Nathan, Dec 15, 2011 UN  High Commissioner for Human Rights:   “ Repeal laws used to criminalize individuals on grounds of homosexuality for engaging in consensual same-sex sexual conduct, and harmonize the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual conduct. “ The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) today released the … More UNHCR Issues Report Highlighting Violence Based on Sexual Orientation

The Israel Uganda Connection: ‘Never Again’ or ‘We Did not Know?’

December 13, 2011

B’Vakashah, which is it going to be? by Melanie Nathan, Dec 13, 2011 Rumor has it that former minister and Israeli career politician Rafael “Rafi” Eitan, now 85 years of age, is trying to do business in Uganda, seeking to start an agricultural enterprise. I wonder if Eitan knows that Ugandans are currently ‘scape-goating’ gays, … More The Israel Uganda Connection: ‘Never Again’ or ‘We Did not Know?’

Adviser to Ugandan President Speaks Against Hillary Clinton’s Pro Gay Tone

December 11, 2011

by Melanie Nathan, December 11, 2011 Last week Secretary Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama in a statements and  memo, respectively, called for sweeping pro LGBTI foreign policy and human rights recognition, noting emerging assistance for LGBT organizations and asylum seekers, worldwide. Calling discrimination of homosexual and transgender people “one of the remaining human rights … More Adviser to Ugandan President Speaks Against Hillary Clinton’s Pro Gay Tone

Uganda’s LGBTI Leaders Speak Passionately for their Human Rights

December 10, 2011

by Melanie Nathan, Dec 10,2011 Calls for Dignity and Justice for all :   Reject the Anti-homosexuality bill  ( Kill the gays Bill) that is still pending, as this would further heighten the witch-hunt of LGBTI persons and make it impossible for us to live freely and safely in our country. The Ugandan LGBTI leadership … More Uganda’s LGBTI Leaders Speak Passionately for their Human Rights

David Kato is Demonized at Sentencing of his Murderer

November 10, 2011

The hero who died for a cause; no justice until the truth is told! by Melanie Nathan. November 10, 2011 ; 7:45 am Justice Joseph Mulangira of Uganda’s Mukono High Court has sentenced Sidney Nsubuga Enoch, 22, the man who confessed to the murder of Gay rights activist David Kato to 30 years in prison. … More David Kato is Demonized at Sentencing of his Murderer

Deportation of Uganda Gay Robert Segwanyi deferred as about to Board Plane

July 11, 2011

July 11, 2011, Posted by Melanie Nathan, Article by Paul Canning: The removal of Ugandan gay asylum seeker Robert Segwanyi was tonight “deferred” at the last minute. He had been moved today to a Heathrow ‘removal centre’ for an early morning 11 July flight to Kampala.  The deferment comes after the last minute intervention of … More Deportation of Uganda Gay Robert Segwanyi deferred as about to Board Plane

UK to Deport Uganda Gay Man, Robert Segwanyi, despite Torture and Risk to his Life

July 8, 2011

July 08, 2011, by Melanie Nathan, On June 20, 2010, Robert Segwanyi fled Uganda, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, weeks after having been tortured for ‘homosexuality.’ Indicative of  arbitrary verdicts, broken systems, and the inadequacies of  refugee status/ asylum laws in the United Kingdom and across the world, the UK Border Agency has made … More UK to Deport Uganda Gay Man, Robert Segwanyi, despite Torture and Risk to his Life

President Zuma returns the Favor to Qwelane – A Defense on a Silver Platter

June 6, 2011

06/06/2011 By Melanie Nathan Johannesburg – South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda, Jon Qwelane, will apply for rescission of a judgment in which he was found guilty of hate speech, his lawyers said on Monday.  The known homophobic envoy, a recent President Jacob Zuma (response to favors) appointee to anti-gay Uganda, will not come home from … More President Zuma returns the Favor to Qwelane – A Defense on a Silver Platter

Apartheid Against LGBTI Americans – A View via the Hate Speech Ruling for South African Envoy to Uganda Jon Qwelane

June 4, 2011

06/02/2011, by Melanie Nathan, When I immigrated to the United States in 1985, I marveled at the U.S. Constitution. It protected everything.   I left a place where it was constitutional to discriminate – in fact it was required that one discern between races when it came to where people could live, who could vote and … More Apartheid Against LGBTI Americans – A View via the Hate Speech Ruling for South African Envoy to Uganda Jon Qwelane

Ugandan Woman Branded by Iron for being a Lesbian faces deportation from United Kingdom

May 31, 2011

05/31/2011, by Melanie Nathan The Guardian UK is reporting a case similar to many others, which we have reported upon in the past. The Asylum claim of a Ugandan lesbian, attacked by three men in her home country, has been refused by UK immigration authority.  In fear of  fraud, the UK authorities have been known … More Ugandan Woman Branded by Iron for being a Lesbian faces deportation from United Kingdom

South Africa Ambassador Jon Qwelane Guilty of Anti-Gay Hate Speech

May 31, 2011

05/31/2011, by Melanie Nathan Back in 2008, Jon Qwelane posted a piece in his column in the Sunday Sun.  Well known to the South African LGBTQI community is the fact that Jon Qwelane, despite protest and outrage, was sent to Uganda as South Africa’s Ambassador to that country. Qwelane, inter alia, writes about the Anglican … More South Africa Ambassador Jon Qwelane Guilty of Anti-Gay Hate Speech

Outrage – Zuma Appoints Homophobic Ambassador to UGANDA

January 18, 2010

 I wrote this LGR today Please Write Secretary of State Clinton and Ask her to Lodge a Formal Complaint:- Janaury 18, 1.56 pm PST: By Melanie Nathan;   As an ex-pat just when I was thinking I would send a letter to  South Africa’s President Zuma to ask if would kindly intervene and take a leadership … More Outrage – Zuma Appoints Homophobic Ambassador to UGANDA

reBlog from lezgetreal.com: UN urges Uganda to scrap anti-gay bill – Should USA Threaten with Sanctions Before Passage?

January 17, 2010

I hope that all Countries including USA will threaten boycotts, sanctions and end to Tourism if the Bill is not scraped, rather than waiting for it to be implemented. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was able to impact the removal of the Death Penalty portion, but I believe with the failure of Uganda to remove … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: UN urges Uganda to scrap anti-gay bill – Should USA Threaten with Sanctions Before Passage?

HIV and the next generation -weighing up sons’ satisfaction versus daughters’ safety

August 25, 2009

Circumcision will be discussed this week at the C.D.C.’s National H.I.V. Prevention Conference in Atlanta, which will be attended by thousands of health professionals and H.I.V. service providers. When I visited South Africa in 2000, I remember reading an article in the Johannesburg newspaper – the financial section- which predicted that HIV virus would infect … More HIV and the next generation -weighing up sons’ satisfaction versus daughters’ safety