The president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, has sharply condemned the assassination of famed Ugandan gay-rights campaigner David Kato, and used the occasion of the killing to demand the country decriminalise homosexuality, a land where a man who loves another man may soon face the death penalty.
"David Kato was a man that fought for the rights of people to live freely regardless of their sexual orientation in Uganda," said Mr Buzek, a Polish conservative.
"I call for th...
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