A Ugandan newspaper today published photos, names and home addresses of gay Ugandans - for the second time. Last month's front page is pictured
The editor of a tabloid in Uganda who argues that homosexuality is more dangerous than smoking, has published a list of 10 gay and lesbian people in the African nation, urging readers to report them to the police.
It's the second time that Rolling Stone -- no relation to the iconic U.S. music magazine -- has published such a list.
Last time it listed 100 of what it called the country's top gays and lesbians, with photos and addresses alongside a yellow banner reading "hang them."
Gay rights groups in Uganda say at least four people have been attacked since then. And a bill that would make homosexuality potentially punishable by death is working its way through Uganda's parliament.
The new gay list includes addresses and alleged intimate details about the anatomy of people on it.
Editor Giles Muhame, 22, has discouraged readers to physically attack people on the list, but he claims gay people are going to schools and "recruiting" schoolchildren.
He says the bill imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality will become law when Uganda begins drilling oil and becomes less dependent on foreign donors.
The Ugandan lawmaker behind the bill told CNN last week it will become law "soon."
A controversial newspaper in Kampala published photos, names and home addresses of gay Ugandans today - for the second time.
The action has prompted a rights group to seek a legal injunction against the publication, although managing editor Giles Muhame said he plans to continue printing photos of gay men in order to 'help them live responsible lives.'
Earlier this month the paper - called Rolling Stone but not linked to the American magazine of the same name - published a front page story featuring a list of what the paper said were Uganda's 100 'top' homosexuals.
Rights activists said the story prompted attacks against at least four gay Ugandans. Sexual Minorities Uganda has asked the country's highest court to issue an injunction against publishing the faces of gays in future editions.
'We now live in fear,' said Julian Onzeima, the group's coordinator. 'The Rolling Stone paper has led to people turning against us.'
Gays in Uganda say they have faced a year of attacks and ha****ment since a lawmaker introduced a bill in October 2009 that would impose the death penalty for some homosexual acts and life in prison for others.
The bill has not come up for a vote.
The legislation was drawn up following a visit by leaders of U.S. conservative Christian ministries that promote therapy they say allows gays to become heterosexual.
The bill became political poison after international condemnation, and many Christian leaders have denounced it.