Formal protest from Australia to Uganda, Nigeria

Australia has made a formal diplomatic protest over the new anti-gay laws in both Uganda and Nigeria. Doubt it will make much of a difference, but at least it's something.

Australia has lodged formal diplomatic protests over new anti-homosexuality laws in Nigeria and Uganda. 

A new Nigerian law would see gays sentenced to 14 years in prison, while Uganda's much reviled anti-homosexuality laws could see life imprisonment - or even death - for certain acts. 

Foreign Minister Bob Carr today said the measures were "a disgrace to human decency and should be withdrawn.”

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Uganda's so-call "Kill the Gays" Bill was returned as part of a packed agenda when their parliament resumed this week. 

The original draft of the anti-gay legislation included a provision for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, defined as someone with HIV engaging in homosexual acts, sex with a minor or repeated offenses of homosexuality. 

It also included prison sentences for any member of the public who "failed to report" homosexual acts. 

There is confusion over the Ugandan bill because last year it was stated that the death penalty clause had been removed, yet copies of the draft available to the public still contain the death penalty. more

Fuck, and I thought it was bad in Russia. Get ready for a wave of gay Nigerians and Ugandans applying for asylum. I would if I lived there. You'd be in danger for your life.