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  1. Rohit Kachroo
  2. 2 January 2013 at 2:21pm

Uganda drops charges against British theatre producer David Cecil

Charges against David Cecil have been dropped. Credit: Reuters

The case against David Cecil, the British theatre producer charged in Uganda after staging a play which featured a gay character, has been thrown out.

Cecil's play, The River and the Mountain, was performed without authorisation in a country where tougher anti-gay laws are being discussed.

Mr Cecil tells me he is delighted.

Read: Uganda, one of the worst places in the world to be gay

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