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Ugandan tabloid's 2 October issue. Picture: Carolyn Dunn/CBC

The Ugandan high court has banned the country's media outlets from outing people as gay.

The ruling was made three months after The Rolling Stone - a local tabloid, no relation to the US magazine - published a list of people it said were gay. It also urged readers to report them to police.

Described as a landmark ruling by gay rights groups, it remains the case that homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda.

The Ugandan paper launched its campaign to expose gays in October with the article shown above. It alleged that gays had plans to recruit one million "innocent kids" by 2012.

At least four people said they were attacked because of the article.

The judge said: "Clearly, the call to hang gays in dozens tends to tremendously threaten their right to human dignity."

Sources: CBC News/BBC/CNN