Monday, December 30, 2013

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 
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”
Videos to watch and make notes on
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


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