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The decision by a Ugandan newspaper to publish the names and locations of alleged homosexuals could lead to a government crackdown against them, a human rights group warns.

Human Rights Watch issued a release Friday, calling that development "chilling" and urging strong action in a country which the group charges has long been a place where lesbians and gays have been stigmatized and harassed by officials. "For years, President Yoweri Museveni’s government routinely threatens and vilifies lesbians and gays, and subjects sexual-rights activists to harassment," said Jessica Stern, researcher in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program of Human Rights Watch.