KPFA News reporter Kellia Ramares interviewed Ugandan exile and activist Peter Otika on the real import of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009, terrorizing Yoweri Museveni's political opponents. And, on how much more power Museveni will have as Uganda joins the world's oil exporting nations and becomes less reliant on foreign nations, and thus less responsive to their political pressures.
@ahhman100
You were saying?
tigerone1970 1 week ago
(Continued...) birth, creed or religion, social or economic standing, political opinion or disability.
(3) For the purposes of this article, “discriminate” means to give different treatment to different persons attributable only or mainly to their respective descriptions by sex, race, colour, ethnic origin, tribe, birth, creed or religion, social or economic standing, political opinion or disability.
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That means that anything in the criminal code that is discriminatory is unconstitutional.
tigerone1970 1 week ago
Activists should really just read the Ugandan Constitution first. From Article 21:
21. Equality and freedom from discrimination.
(1) All persons are equal before and under the law in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life and in every other respect and shall enjoy equal protection of the law.
(2) Without prejudice to clause (1) of this article, a person shall not be discriminated against on the ground of sex, race, colour, ethnic origin, tribe, ...
tigerone1970 1 week ago
stupid niggers.
ahhman100 1 year ago
An excellent report on a complicated area of the world, Ann Garrison. Thank you very much.
BobNichols 2 years ago