Ugandan women protest anti-miniskirt mobs

[The Straight Story]

Ugandan women protest anti-miniskirt mobs
Women's rights activists say new anti-pornography law has become guise for sexual harassment.

Reports of mobs attacking and stripping women naked in Uganda drove women in Kampala to protest on Wednesday. Women's rights activists said the attacks occurred under the guise of enforcing a recently passed anti-pornography law that many critics said was too vague. Opponents have focused their criticism on a clause that has been interpreted as banning "indecent" clothing.

President Yoweri Museveni reportedly signed the bill into law last week. A police spokesperson issued a warning to the public on Monday, saying, "If you participate in mob justice and are caught, you will be dealt with accordingly."

Wednesday's protest was organised through the Facebook group END Mini-Skirt Harassment, whose message also went viral online.

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201402272130-0023512

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. No gays. No miniskirts. It sounds like Uganda has some issues.

Like having sexual control on the brain.

[Orsino]

2. "Decency" crusades are always distractions. Always.

No exceptions.

[Nika]

3. At the core level, there is nothing decent about either law,

the one scapegoating gay and lesbians or this "decent dressing" one. Uganda has serious cultural evolution to do, And it is tragic that there will be so many victimized or killed along the way.