Ugandan court frees dozens of gay men on bail after days in jail

Gay rights activists, including Peter Tatchell (2nd L), take part in a protest outside Uganda House in Trafalgar Square, in London December 10, 2009. (Photo: REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

A court in Uganda granted bail on Friday to 39 people, most of them gay men, held for days after what police said was a raid on a same-sex wedding that violated coronavirus rules, but which a rights group described as…