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Article

27 Jan 2011

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BBC News

Uganda gay rights activist David Kato killed

David Kato, a Ugandan gay rights campaigner who sued a local newspaper which outed him as homosexual, has been beaten to death...Uganda's Rolling Stone newspaper published the photographs of several people it said were gay, including Mr Kato, with the headline "Hang them"...police have said there is no connection between Mr Kato's activism and his death...Mr Kato's...Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug) group said Mr Kato had been receiving death threats since his name, photograph and address were published by Rolling Stone last year...Following a complaint by Mr Kato and three others, a judge in November ordered Rolling Stone to stop publishing the photographs of people it said were homosexual, saying it contravened their right to privacy.

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Uganda: Gay rights campaigner beaten to death, after suing local newspaper for publishing photos of him & other homosexuals with the headline "Hang them"

Lawsuit to prevent newspaper inciting violence against LGBTI rights defenders (re Uganda)