标题: Uganda activists launch court bid to overturn anti-gay law
新闻来源: 法新社 http://goo.gl/zUuZ2O
简要：乌干达社运人士向宪法法庭申诉，要求推翻该国将同性恋终生监禁的法案。他们主
张该法案通过时，国会议员的出席人数并未达到必要法定数量。同时也声明该法案，违反
该国宪法保障隐私和尊严，免于歧视和不人道待遇的权利。该国的同性恋社群在法案通过
后，被逮捕、受到驱逐或者失去工作，据称至少一名跨性别人士遭到谋杀。
Ugandan activists launched a petition Wednesday at the constitutional court
seeking to overturn tough anti-gay laws that have been condemned by rights
groups as draconian.
Signed by Uganda's veteran President Yoweri Museveni in February, the law calls
for homosexuals to be jailed for life, outlaws the promotion of homosexuality
and obliges Ugandans to denounce gays to the authorities.
But the activists argue that the law was passed in parliament without the
necessary quorum of lawmakers.
The 10 petitioners