GAY ACTIVIST BRUTALLY BEATEN TO DEATH IN UGANDA

KAMPALA, Uganda – A Ugandan gay activist whose photo was put on the front page of a newspaper that called for his killing has been brutally beaten to death.
A Ugandan police spokesperson confirmed Thursday that David Kato had been bludgeoned at his home and suffered serious head wounds.

• Kato had been receiving death threats since Uganda's Rolling Stone newspaper in October listed him among 100 gay Ugandans underneath a headline that read "Hang them."
• Kato and two other activists sued the newspaper and won the case earlier this month. Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, and a lawmaker introduced a bill in October 2009 that would impose the death penalty for some homosexual acts. The bill has not come up for a vote.

Source: AP