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We work for a world where all people can enjoy their rights fully. </p> <div class="view-field field-image-caption"> <p> Photo: © The Rainbow Project, Namibia 2001. </p> </div> <hr/> <p> <strong> A Legislative Attack on LGBT People in Uganda</strong> </p> <p> Uganda's parliament is due to discuss a proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill on May 13, 2011 at 10am. The bill would introduce the death penalty as a sanction for some consensual sex between members of the same sex, the same penalty provided for terrorism and treason. 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