Uganda bans 38 organisations accused of 'promoting homosexuality'
Uganda bans 38 organisations accused of 'promoting homosexuality'
Country's ethics and integrity minister claims banned NGOs exist to 'destroy the traditions and culture of this country'
David Smith in Johannesburg
guardian.co.uk
June 20, 2012
Ugandan police leave after raiding a gay rights workshop organised by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project outside Kampala. Photograph: Michele Sibiloni/AFP/Getty Images
Uganda has announced a ban on 38 non-governmental organisations it accuses of undermining the national culture by promoting homosexuality.
Simon Lokodo, the country's ethics and integrity minister, claimed the NGOs were receiving support from abroad for Uganda's homosexuals and "recruiting" young children into homosexuality.
"I have established beyond reasonable doubt that the 38 NGOs, if not even more, exist not for humanitarian reasons but to destroy the traditions and culture of this country by promoting homosexuality," he said on Wednesday.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Country's ethics and integrity minister claims banned NGOs exist to 'destroy the traditions and culture of this country'
David Smith in Johannesburg
guardian.co.uk
June 20, 2012
Ugandan police leave after raiding a gay rights workshop organised by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project outside Kampala. Photograph: Michele Sibiloni/AFP/Getty ImagesUganda has announced a ban on 38 non-governmental organisations it accuses of undermining the national culture by promoting homosexuality.
Simon Lokodo, the country's ethics and integrity minister, claimed the NGOs were receiving support from abroad for Uganda's homosexuals and "recruiting" young children into homosexuality.
"I have established beyond reasonable doubt that the 38 NGOs, if not even more, exist not for humanitarian reasons but to destroy the traditions and culture of this country by promoting homosexuality," he said on Wednesday.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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