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| Ugandan court releases British producer of gay play | Ugandan court releases British producer of gay play |
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| A Ugandan court has released on bail a British theatre producer who was arrested for staging a play about a gay businessman. | A Ugandan court has released on bail a British theatre producer who was arrested for staging a play about a gay businessman. |
| His lawyer, Francis Onyango, said on Mondaythat David Cecil, who spent the weekend in a prison near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, had been granted bail by a magistrate who kept his passport. | His lawyer, Francis Onyango, said on Mondaythat David Cecil, who spent the weekend in a prison near the Ugandan capital, Kampala, had been granted bail by a magistrate who kept his passport. |
| Officials accuse Cecil of disobeying the orders of the Uganda media council by staging performances of The River and the Mountain in theatres in the Ugandan capital last month. | Officials accuse Cecil of disobeying the orders of the Uganda media council by staging performances of The River and the Mountain in theatres in the Ugandan capital last month. |
| The play's main character is a young Ugandan businessman who loses his friends and then is murdered after revealing he is gay. | The play's main character is a young Ugandan businessman who loses his friends and then is murdered after revealing he is gay. |
| Homosexuals are highly stigmatised in Uganda. In 2009 a politician from the ruling National Resistance Movement party introduced a bill proposing the death penalty for what he called "aggravated homosexuality". The bill, which is now in committee, has been condemned by some world leaders. | Homosexuals are highly stigmatised in Uganda. In 2009 a politician from the ruling National Resistance Movement party introduced a bill proposing the death penalty for what he called "aggravated homosexuality". The bill, which is now in committee, has been condemned by some world leaders. |
| The bill's author, David Bahati, says he still believes it will be passed one day. | The bill's author, David Bahati, says he still believes it will be passed one day. |
| Cecil will return to court on 18 October, according to Onyango. He faces two years in jail if convicted. | Cecil will return to court on 18 October, according to Onyango. He faces two years in jail if convicted. |
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