Uganda Gay Rights

• Uganda Judges Debate Bid to Overturn Anti-Gay Law

  Ugandan state lawyers sought on Thursday to dismiss a petition by activists at the constitutional court seeking to overturn anti-gay legislation condemned by rights groups as draconian.

• Uganda accuses World Bank of blackmail over anti-gay law

  Uganda accused the World Bank of blackmail on Friday after the lender stalled a $90 million loan over the east African nation's adoption of a draconian anti-gay law.

• Uganda president to sign anti-gay bill: official

  Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international pressure, a government spokesman said on Monday.

• British producer of gay play in Uganda held in jail

  The British producer of a play about being gay in Uganda is in jail pending his trial on charges that he had the work performed without official authorisation.

• South African envoy found guilty of hate speech

  South Africa's ambassador to Uganda, a country criticized for threatening the rights of gays, has been found guilty of hate speech for an anti-gay column he wrote before his appointment, the South African Human Rights Commission said Tuesday.Commission spokesman Vincent Moaga said a judge ruled that the 2008 newspaper column headlined "Call me name...