Oh :o/
Yesterday the BBC posted an article entitled Africa Fury Over Rwanda Sterilisation Bill. Today, the exact same link (I know, because I bookmarked it) now points to an article entitled: Rwanda Denies Sterilisation Plans. Bit of a swift turn-around. The gist of it being:
Rwanda has strongly denied reports that its parliament is considering a draft law which would forcibly sterilise people who are mentally disabled.
Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, deputy speaker of parliament, was responding to a call by US-based activists Human Rights Watch to scrap the proposed law.
He also told the BBC that plans for HIV testing before couples get married are strictly voluntary, not compulsory...
This is the Human Rights Watch angle [NB 2013: link no longer valid], or at least it was yesterday - who knows about today. It's interesting reading for the Disability Sector at the moment.
In home news, the results of a survey for the Hope Not Hate campaign are in and they released a wee video:
So, if you want to get involved, looks like there will be local initiatives starting-up soon.
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