Uganda: Make war on AIDS, not on gays or HIV-positives
Act Up-Paris condemns Wednesday's arrest in Kampala of thirteen militants from the organization Sexual Minorities Uganda. The militants were taken into custody during an AIDS conference while they spoke out against the exclusion of sexual minorities from management of the epidemic. They were charged with “promoting homosexuality” and “behavior against the laws of nature.” The Ugandan constitution forbids homosexuality, and the country's president, Yoweri Museveni, openly encourages discrimination against homosexuals. The arrested militants risk imprisonment for life.