Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Protest in Amsterdam
Date: Saturday 18 January
Time: From 2 pm till 4 pm
Place: Homo Monument Westerkerk
If the bill is enacted into law, it will institutionalize discrimination against those who are, or who are thought to
be, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and inter-sexs. It will reinforce the existing Prohibition against consensual
sex between individuals of the same sex, legislation that is itself contrary to international norms. It will purporting
to criminalize the promotion of homosexuality, compelling HIV testing in certain circumstances, imposing life sentences
for entering into a same sex marriage and pushing those who fail to report knowledge of any violations of these sweeping
provisions within 24 hours. The confidentiality clause will compromise the right to fair trial. The law will lasting
deleterious effects on the lives of individual Ugandans who are thought to breach its far-reaching provisions, and it
will significantly hamper the work of human rights defenders and public health professionals.
In summary, the law will violate the principle of non-discrimination and will lead to violations of the human rights to
freedom of expression, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of association,
liberty and security of the person, privacy, the highest attainable standard of health and life. These are guaranteed under
Uganda's Constitution and in the International and Regional treaties to which Uganda is a signatory, including the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and
the African Charter on Human and Peoples'Rights(African Charter).
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On 28/12/2013 UGOM was invited to attend the Christmas/end of year dinner at Cocktail Organization Utrecht in the Netherlands. UGOM was represented by Moses Walusimbi, Matovu Julius, Katende robert, Kavuma Joseph and many others. We had a great honor to meet and interact with many people like Mr Fred Kwint, Mr Martin Oortwijn among others and talked about our way of life, shared experiences, and vowed to continue to advocate for equal rights for every one and make this planet a better place for every one.
On 7th/12/2013 Uganda Gay On Move (UGOM) was invited to be part and partial of annual "Black Gay Holland" event at Theatre Due Vaillant
Hobbemastraat 120 in Den Haag and it was represented by its leaders namely Moses Walusimbi the chairperson, Julius Matovu the vice
chairman, and Katende Robert the media spokes person.
A debate LGBTI human rights was set in motion chaired by Ann Maria of which UGOM participated with other organizations and groups like
'Respect for love'. Many ideas and suggestions where debated upon.
After the debate UGOM representatives had a one on one conversation and interaction with various people on many things in respect to
human rights like Mr Ricardo the Organizer of the event, Ann Maria that hosted the debate, Mr Arie De Jonge , Mr Chris Bouma of
Connecting Differences, Moenira Shirwa the project leader from COC Nederland.
After we had a great evening dinner and later entertained by Gay rapper from UK (Jai Rouge).