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The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 is an act of the Parliament of Uganda that restricts freedom of speech on LGBT topics and introduces harsher penalties for certain types of homosexual acts. On 21 March 2023, the bill was read a third time, and was then sent to President Yoweri Museveni for assent. [ 1 ]
Uganda has implemented laws and policies in an attempt to protect the victims and survivors of sexual violence. [53] However, domestic violence in the country is prevalent and on the rise. [53] The 2016 Uganda Police Force's crime report noted that cases investigating gender-based violence in the country rose by 4% from the previous year. [53]
The bill was introduced by Kumi District Woman Representative Monicah Amoding in 2015, the year after the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 was signed into law but subsequently struck down by the Constitutional Court of Uganda on procedural grounds.
This Act came into force in 2023, [A] [2] making Uganda the only Christian-majority country to punish some types of consensual same-sex acts with the death penalty. [8] A similar law had been passed in 2013, but was in 2014 struck down as unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Uganda on legal technicalities. [9]
While working at The Crusader, he was arrested and detained overnight at the Kampala Central Police Station on 17 December 1998. [14] He was charged before the Presiding Magistrate Jane Alividza at the Kampala Magistrate Court with promoting sectarianism which is contrary to section 42 a (i) (d) of the Penal Code Act as amended by Statute 9 of 1988.
It also includes provisions about persons outside of Uganda who are charged with violating the act, asserting that they may be extradited to Uganda for punishment there. The act also includes penalties for individuals, companies, and non-governmental organisations that aid or abet same-sex sexual acts, including conducting a gay marriage ...
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Despite Uganda's lack of executions since 2005, in 2017, there were still over 250 inmates on Uganda's death row. [2] By 2019, the number had decreased to 133, although by 2023, the number of death row inmates in Uganda had slightly increased to 145. [4] [15]