segunda-feira, 1 de novembro de 2010

Uganda paper publishes names of gays

KAMPALA, Uganda, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A Ugandan tabloid newspaper has published a list of 10 gay men and women in the African country and urged readers to report them to police, observers say.

It's the second such list published by Rolling Stone -- no relation to the U.S. music magazine -- after an initial publication of 100 names with photos and addresses with the headline "hang them," CNN reported Monday.

At least four people have been attacked since that publication, Ugandan gay rights groups say.
The newest list also contains addresses.

The newspapers editor, Giles Muhame, 22, claims gay people are going to schools and "recruiting" schoolchildren.

Meanwhile, a bill to make homosexuality a crime potentially punishable by death is still in the Ugandan parliament.

Its author says he is confident of the bill's passage.

"We are very confident," David Bahati said, "because this is a piece of legislation that is needed in this country to protect the traditional family here in Africa, and also protect the future of our children".

UPI