All posts tagged "death penalty"
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Uganda Court Upholds Horrific Anti-Gay Law
Uganda's Constitutional Court upheld the bulk of the country's law criminalizing homosexuality and pro-LGBTQ advocacy.
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Man Faces Death Penalty for Violating Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law
A 20-year-old man in Uganda could face the death penalty after being charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under the country's anti-gay law.
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World Bank Freezes New Loans to Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law
The World Bank has refused to lend additional money to Uganda in protest of its law imposing harsh penalties on LGBTQ individuals.
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Uganda Passes New Version of Hateful Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Ugandan lawmakers have passed a new version of an anti-gay bill that removes penalties for those who identify as LGBTQ. The country’s national assembly previously...
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Ugandan Law Criminalizes People Who Identify as LGBTQ and their Allies
Ugandan lawmakers have passed a bill that would not only imprison out LGBTQ people, but those who support them or spread pro-LGBTQ messages.
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Transgender Death Row Inmate’s Execution Scheduled for Jan. 3
The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the United States has asked Missouri’s governor for clemency, citing mental health issues. Amber McLaughlin,...
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Anti-Gay Pastor on Church’s Eviction: ‘Nobody Wants to Lease to Us’
A church whose pastors called for killing gay people is searching for a new location after being evicted for the second time this year.
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Two Anti-Gay Republicans Seeking Office in Oklahoma Lose Primaries
In a rare bit of good news for the LGBTQ community in Oklahoma, two anti-gay Republicans seeking seats in the state legislature lost their primary...
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Six men sentenced to death for murder of LGBTQ activist and USAID employee in Bangladesh
Six men in Bangladesh believed to be part of a militant Islamic group will receive the death penalty for hacking an LGBTQ activist to death.
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LGBTQ Afghans fear persecution and death sentences as Taliban returns to power
As the Taliban resumes power in Afghanistan, many LGBTQ people in the country are hoping to flee to avoid being executed for homosexuality.
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Two Florida politicians involved in anti-gay controversies lose primaries
Republican Mike Hill joked about putting gay people to death, and Democrat Al Jacquet called his primary opponent an anti-gay slur
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Sudan eliminates death penalty and flogging for same-sex relations
Change in punishments for homosexuality comes as part of larger package of legal reforms
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LGBTQ activists don’t want death penalty for men charged in dual murder of trans women in Puerto Rico
Suspects face federal carjacking and weapons charges in relation to the women's murders
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Gay man sentenced to death by homophobic jury executed in South Dakota
Jurors had fretted that sentencing Charles Rhines to life in prison would be "sending him where he wants to go"
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Brunei says it won’t stone gays to death after global condemnation of new law
Sultan says there will be a "de facto moratorium" on executing gay people
