IS UGANDA’S DRACONIAN NEW LAW AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS OR NOT? ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

Uganda has just passed a draconian new law, which has drawn protest from all over the world. Is the world right to condemn the law or does Uganda have a point? To discover what the law is, do your research and then write an argumentative essay supporting or opposing the bill.
Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  

    Reading material to annotate

1.       “Ugandan MPs pass live in jail anti homosexual law” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25463942

2.       “Homophobia in Africa condemned” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23033423

3.       “Uganda’s gays fear mounting violence in wake of anti gay bill’s passage” http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/23/world/africa/uganda-anti-gay-bill/index.html?iref=allsearch 

4.       “Rick Warren denounces the Uganda anti gay bill” http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/12/rick-warren-denounces-the-uganda-anti-gay-bill/31677/

5.       “African homophobia has complex roots” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/21/complex-roots-africa-homophobia

6.       “From colonialism to kill the gays”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/06/27/from-colonialism-to-kill-the-gays-the-surprisingly-recent-roots-of-homophobia-in-africa/

Videos to watch and make notes on

1.       “Uganda official: homosexuality a threat” http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/12/23/ctw-uganda-anti-gay-law-foster.cnn.html

2.       “US, Richard Branson slam Uganda’s  anti gay bill” http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/africa/uganda-anti-gay-bill/index.html?iref=allsearch