On 3rd January 2011, Uganda’s high court released a ruling permanently prohibiting the tabloid Rolling Stone (no relation to the venerable U.S. publication by the same name) from continuing its public vigilante campaign against that country’s LGBT community.
The decision by High Court judge, Justice V.F. Kibuuka Musoke in the case of Kasha Jacqueline, Pepe Onziema & David Kato v. Giles Muhame and The Rolling Stone Publications Ltd. found that the actions of the magazine violated the privacy rights of LGBT Ugandans, and as well as the right to human dignity and protection from inhuman treatment.
Read more details on this issue below:
>> The article The meaning of the Kampala Court Decision, by Kasha Jacqueline, from the Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG).
>> Uganda’s High Court Ruling Against “Hang Them” Tabloid Campaign (Box Turtle Bulletin)
>> An statement by the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law in Uganda
>> The Ugandan Court ruling over the Rolling Stone case (PDF and MP3 versions)