On behalf
of and as a member of the Civil Society
Coalition on Human Rights & Constitutional Law,we are pleased to send you the
Coalition's recent compilation of articles, opinions and press statements
related to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently before Uganda's
Parliament.
As many of
you will be aware, the Bill poses a substantial threat to human rights in Uganda, both
the rights of same-sex attracted and trans-gendered people and of anybody who
fails to report them and the rights of those who seek to work in a
supportive manner. Whether it be in terms of protecting LGBTI rights, working
on HIV/AIDS prevention, providing counselling, or simply providing information
on sex and sexuality, civil society organisations, academics and health workers
are all under threat should this bill be passed. Some of the Refugee Law Project's refugee and asylum seeker clients will
be placed at further risk if the Bill passes, and the day-to-day work of
providing legal aid and counselling will also be substantially jeopardised.
Since the
Compilation was published in late December, there have been further
developments: The Catholic Archbishop has described the Bill as Un-Christian, the President has
suggested to the ruling party that it should go slow on passing the Bill as it has become a foreign relations issue which is
jeopardising important relationships between Uganda and its supporters, and the
Speaker of Parliament has responded by saying that the President cannot stop
Parliament from debating the Bill.
We urge you
all to read through this Compilation, and forward any comments you may have to [log in to unmask] ;
these will be forwarded to all Coalition members for further discussion. Please
also contact us if you require hard copies or if you are a Civil Society
organisation wishing to join the Coalition.
Due to the
difficulties of sending and receiving large files in Uganda and many other countries in
the region, we have broken the document down into four parts which are all
available on our website. We trust you are able to download them without
problems.
The four parts of the document can be accessed as follows:
Please feel
free to circulate the Compilation widely to your respective networks.
Regards,
Moses A. Nsubuga
Information Officer
Refugee Law Project
+256-414-343556
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