Oppose Cruelty and Speak Up For LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda!
Joram Jojo | 14.11.2009 23:57 | Repression | World
Join the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG) in calling for the swift dismissal of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 and the protection of all Ugandans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
We call upon UK workers, the teachers; intellectuals, Medics, Students, Women, Men, Artists, Grassroots militants of different political organisations, acting in their own situations and by their forms of struggle that they consider possible and necessary, to Oppose and Speak Up For LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda!
We call upon UK workers, the teachers; intellectuals, Medics, Students, Women, Men, Artists, Grassroots militants of different political organisations, acting in their own situations and by their forms of struggle that they consider possible and necessary, to Oppose and Speak Up For LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda!
Join LGBTQ equality and human rights allies on Thursday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. for a peaceful, lawful, vocal and united demonstration in protest against hate and oppression.
WHERE:
The Ugandan Embassy to the United States
5911 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
(2 miles north of Columbia Heights Metro Stop on 16TH street);
(1 mile northwest of the Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro Stop on Quincy Street, also accessible via 16th Street buses)
We also call upon UK workers, the teachers; intellectuals, Medics, Students, Women, Men, Artists, Grassroots militants of different political organisations, acting in their own situations and by their forms of struggle that they consider possible and necessary, to Oppose and Speak Up For LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda!
If passed, Bill Number 18 introduced in the Ugandan Parliament, will make homosexuality an offense punishable by death in Uganda. The vote on the bill may take place as early as January 2010. The Ugandan LGBTQ community has urged demonstrations of solidarity around the world in protest and to let Ugandan leaders know the whole world is watching.
WHERE:
The Ugandan Embassy to the United States
5911 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
(2 miles north of Columbia Heights Metro Stop on 16TH street);
(1 mile northwest of the Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro Stop on Quincy Street, also accessible via 16th Street buses)
We also call upon UK workers, the teachers; intellectuals, Medics, Students, Women, Men, Artists, Grassroots militants of different political organisations, acting in their own situations and by their forms of struggle that they consider possible and necessary, to Oppose and Speak Up For LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda!
If passed, Bill Number 18 introduced in the Ugandan Parliament, will make homosexuality an offense punishable by death in Uganda. The vote on the bill may take place as early as January 2010. The Ugandan LGBTQ community has urged demonstrations of solidarity around the world in protest and to let Ugandan leaders know the whole world is watching.
Joram Jojo
e-mail:
joramjojo@yahoo.com