The Rolling Stone paper (no relation to the US mag) published the names and photos of 14 men it identified as gay in a country where homosexuality can lead to jail terms and death / AFP Source: AFP
A UGANDAN gay rights activist who was named and pictured in an anti-gay tabloid during the past year was murdered after winning a court case against the paper's slurs
David Kato was one of three gay rights activists who successfully sued the paper earlier this month after being named as "Uganda's top homos."
Their pictures and towns of residence were published under the headline "Hang Them" in Ugandan tabloid Rolling Stone, which is not affiliated in any way with the US music magazine of the same name.
Lawyer John Francis Onyango said that Kato's killing "happened Wednesday at 1pm [local time]," adding that initial reports indicated a man entered Kato's home and struck him on the head before fleeing. Police were focusing on two potential suspects, Onyango said.
New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Kato died on his way to a local hospital and called on Uganda's police to "urgently and impartially investigate the killing."
"The government should ensure that members of Uganda's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community have adequate protection from violence and take prompt action against all threats or hate speech likely to incite violence," HRW said.
Kato – a member of gay rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda – successfully sued Rolling Stone for damages and secured a high court injunction January 3 that blocked all media from outing people perceived to be homosexuals.
In a series of issues in 2010, Rolling Stone outed more than 20 people its editor believed were gay.
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