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Uganda to reintroduce anti-gay law struck down by a court
Fp Archives •It was not immediately clear whether Museveni would support the bill a second time, if passed by parliament again.
Uganda: Constitutional court overturns anti-gay law
Fp Archives •The new ruling, which can be appealed, voids a statute signed into law by the president in February and which has broad public support in the religiously conservative Uganda.
Section 377: 7 booked for blackmailing doc, who also faces arrest
Fp Staff •7 youths have been booked in Bangalore for trying to blackmail a doctor with whom four of the accused had sex. But they have been booked not just for extortion but also under Section 377 which makes the victim also prosecutable.
Russia says anti-gay law will not affect Sochi Games
Fp Archives •The IOC, who had asked for clarifications regarding the law this month, said Russia had committed to comply with the Olympic Charter.
Isinbayeva says comments on homosexuality were misunderstood
Fp Archives •"I wanted to say was that people should respect the laws of other countries particularly when they are guests."
SC reserves verdict on anti-gay sex petitions
Fp Archives •A Supreme Court bench reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions by anti-gay right activists, against the 2009 verdict of the high court, which decriminalised the gay sex.