![]() WHY IS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT ONLY A SCARE CROW? If you want to read more articles storier the paper they are published on our website. I wrote an article on The Domestic Violence Act which I figured I could post here. The latest edition was published in January and focused on issues of legislation and domestic violence. It used to be published monthly in 5 languages (English, Luganda, Runyakitara, Luo and Ateso), but is now only published quarterly in english as a pullout in The New Vision (because of limited funding). The Other Voice (TOV) is a four-page advocacy and lobbying newspaper which was started in 1998 as a response to the unfair and inadequate coverage of women issues and other marginalized groups in Uganda. In addition to our radio station UMWA has another media outlet. Since the ruling, David said he had been receiving a number death threats. Only weeks ago he won the case - Uganda Supreme Court told the magazine to stop publishing names of prominent Ugandan alleged homosexuals and ordered the newspaper to pay Kato and the other two plaintiffs 1.5 million Ugandan shillings each. Really? Kato was one of the three people who sued the Rolling Stones to force it to stop publishing the names, pictures and addresses of people it believed were gay or lesbian. ![]() Even more frustrating and disappointing is the way most people I talk to (and this includes educated people whom I respect, some of them with degrees in human rights!!!!) will say –”it is awful that he died, but it has nothing to do with him being a gay rights activist”. I find it unbelievably provoking how the police are trying to chalk up the motive to robbery claiming that his death had nothing to do with Rolling Stones hate campaign. One thing is the tragedy of his death another thing is the tragedy of how Ugandan police and most Ugandans are dealing with the murder. ![]()
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