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The bill was signed into law by the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni on 24 February 2014. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] On 1 August 2014, however, the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the act invalid on procedural grounds.
The bill was signed into law by the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni on 24 February 2014. [6] [7] On 1 August 2014, however, the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the act invalid on procedural grounds. [8] [9] [10] The act would have broadened the criminalisation of same-sex relations in Uganda domestically.
The Anti-Homosexuality Act, which was passed by parliament in Kampala in April, was signed into law on Monday by President Yoweri Museveni despite widespread opposition from world leaders and ...
A gay Ugandan couple cover themselves with a pride flag as they pose for a photograph in Uganda on March 25, 2023. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has signed into law tough new anti-gay ...
In February of 2014, despite the rejection of the previous bill 5 years earlier, President Yoweri Museveni passed the ‘Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act’. The act made it so that it was illegal for two people of the same sex to have sexual relations. Under this new law, anyone caught partaking in such acts would be punished by life imprisonment.
On 21 April, President Museveni sent the bill back to Parliament, which passed it again on 2 May with minor amendments by a vote of 348 to 1. Museveni signed it into law on 26 May. [2] [36] Maximum penalties prescribed under the Act include: Life imprisonment for homosexual acts for attempted homosexual acts, imprisonment for 10 years
Uganda's president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill ...
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