I wonder and wonder and wonder … where is equality, where is this basic human right? Why is it being taken away so blatantly without any resistance? This isn’t right?!!
By Melanie Nathan, June 03, 2014.
In its ongoing war against its LGBTI gay community, the Ugandan Government has now shut down The Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights & Constitutional Law. This is the organization which is currently challenging the constitutionality of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in the Ugandan Courts. This announcement was made on NTV News tonight.
Sources reveal that the Coalition received a letter back in April that the Coalition would be targeted. It seems that many groups forming the coalition could be blacklisted, undermining or curbing the critical work. It is now apparent that the Coalition has been “shut down pending further investigation,” as of this evening.
This is exactly what was feared, that all opposition, even legal democratic challenges would be abused by the Ugandan Government through the clause in the new bill that forbids the so called “promotion” of homosexuality. The Minister of Ethics…
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