Kenya Gay Activist is Upset Over Remark

Kenya Gay activist David Kuria who works for the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya became upset after a remark was made by Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Odinga reportedly warned people in a speech, that men and women who were found engaging in homosexual acts would arrested. One thing that really caught my attention after reading this article was that if a man or woman is caught engaging in homosexual acts they can be punished by being sent to prison for up to 14 years! An MP last year in Uganda, even tried to introduce the death penalty for anyone who engaged in homosexual acts but this of course did not pass (thank goodness). So if anyone who happens to be homosexual and was thinking of moving to Kenya, do not do it because it is illegal to "be in love" there. This remark that Odinga made during his speech upset Kuria and many other gay activists across Kenya. After learning about the horrible accounts of discrimination towards homosexuals in Kenya and other parts of Africa, I was utterly disgusted because it shows that times have not yet changed in all parts of the world and that is unfortunate.

ARTICLE:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11864702

New York Museum to Return King Tut Artifacts to Egypt

  Here is an interesting article about a New York museum who is returning all 19 of King Tut's artifacts back to Egypt this coming June. The artifacts were discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, they were eventually brought over to the United States from Carter's house in Linux,Egypt and from his niece. The artifacts were to have never left Egypt and the first place and were therefore illegally exported. The only right thing to do would be to return the artifacts to its rightful owner which is in fact Egypt.

Article:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11728564

Hospital in South Africa Performs Illegal Kidney Transplants

Heres an article that I read about a medical group known as Netcare who runs 50 hospitals in South Africa, who performed illegal kidney transplants. The medical group would actually fly underprivileged  people out from places like Brazil and pay them money to have their kidneys removed and donate them. The kidneys were then given to people in need who were usually wealthy Israelis. Netcare finally gained a conscious and pleaded guilty to all of the charges made against them and they were fined $1.1 million dollars.

Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11725536