From Christina Engela-
GLAAD South Africa
April 22 at 2:50pm 

LGBT PROTEST AGAINST THE U.S. & UGANDA

A protest march will take place in Pretoria on Freedom Day, April 27, to demand equality for lesbians and gays in both the U.S. and Uganda.

Organised by Up & Out, the University of Pretoria's gay organisation, the protestors will march from the Ugandan Embassy to the U.S. Embassy.

The U.S. has been slammed by the organisation for its continued refusal to grant same-sex couples federal marriage rights and benefits. "How can a supposed first world nation decide to do such things?" asked Up & Out in a statement.

Uganda is also under immense international pressure over its proposed Anti Homosexuality Bill which, if passed by the country’s parliament, would impose the death penalty on people found guilty of repeated “homosexual offences".

"We as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersexed, Asexual (LGBTIA) youth and champions are devastated at the ongoing government tyranny in Uganda. It is inhumane and totally uncalled for," said Up & Out.

London - 12 April 2010
"Steven Monjeza is seriously ill in the notorious Chichiri Prison in Blantyre, Malawi. He has been held on remand in an overcrowded, fetid call for over three months, without proper food, sanitation or medical care," reports London-based human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell of OutRage!