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Pambazuka – Uganda to ban NGOs accused of promoting gay rights

June 29, 2012

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Pambazuka – Uganda to ban NGOs accused of promoting gay rights.

‘KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda said on Wednesday it was banning 38 non-governmental organisations it accuses of promoting homosexuality and recruiting children.

Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, along with more than 30 other countries in Africa, and activists say few Africans are openly gay, fearing imprisonment, violence and losing their jobs.

Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo told Reuters the organisations being targeted were receiving support from abroad for Uganda’s homosexuals and accused gays and lesbians of “recruiting” young children in the country into homosexuality…

German court bans circumcision as assault on children via @independent_ie

June 29, 2012

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German court bans circumcision as assault on children via @independent_ie.

JEWISH and Muslim groups in Germany condemned a court ruling yesterday that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.

The court in Cologne declared that the procedure violated a child’s “fundamental right to bodily integrity”. Religious groups claimed the ruling could lead to “circumcision tourism”.

The court said the right of the child outweighed that of parents in what legal experts said could be a landmark case.