WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down much of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, but upheld the right of police to demand proof of citizenship. Leading LGBT and HIV groups across the U.S. reacted to the mixed ruling.

According to the Washington Post, the high court ruled that Arizona:

• Cannot make it a misdemeanor for immigrants to fail to carry identification that says whether they are in the United States legally

• Cannot make it a crime for undocumented immigrants to apply for a job

Police in Kampala, Uganda on Monday raided a gay rights meeting and arrested several LGBT activists gathered at the Essela Hotel in Najjeera, a Kampala suburb, accusing the participants of “propagating gay issues in Uganda.”

East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, the organization behind the workshop, said that police interrupted the meeting and began questioning attendees at the event, including activists from Canada, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.

The Cameroonian authorities must immediately release two men who have been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Yaounde for homosexual acts, Amnesty International said today.

A third man was sentenced without being present after jumping bail. The men were arrested in July after police alleged they were caught in a sexual act in a car.

“The Yaounde court must overturn this shocking sentence, which punishes these three men solely on the basis of their perceived sexual orientation,” said Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International’s director for Africa.