Uganda: After anti-gay law, tabloid prints list of 'top' homosexuals

A Ugandan tabloid has published a list of what it called the country’s “200 top” homosexuals the day after the country’s president signed a harsh anti-gay law. [caption id=“attachment_1406537” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a anti-homosexuality bill into law on Monday, criminalizing gay sex and its promotion: Reuters[/caption]

The Red Pepper tabloid published the names — and some pictures — in a front-page story under the headline: “EXPOSED!” The list included prominent Ugandan gay activists such as Pepe Julian Onziema, who has repeatedly warned that Uganda’s new anti-gay law could spark violence against homosexuals. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday enacted the bill that punishes gay sex with up to life in jail — a measure criticized as draconian in a country where homosexuality already had been criminalized. Ugandan police spokesman Patrick Onyango said no homosexuals have been arrested since Museveni signed the bill. AP