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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 ]
Before the Penal Code Amendment (Gender References) Act 2000 was enacted, only same-sex acts between men were criminalised. In 2000, that Act was passed and changed references to "any male" to "any person" so that grossly indecent acts between women were criminalised as well, and are now punishable by up to seven years imprisonment.
Several laws and policies (i.e. the Penal Code Act 2007, Domestic Violence Act 2010, Sexual Offense Bill, Marriage Bill) in Uganda dealing with violence against women do not include many aspects of sexual violence, such as marital rape or cohabiting partners. [53]
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.
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]
The Sexual Offences Bill, 2019 was a bill in Uganda that consolidated a number of previous laws regarding sexual offences, introduced some provisions toward addressing sexual violence, and criminalised same-sex relationships. The bill was passed by the Parliament of Uganda on 5 May 2021, but was vetoed by President Yoweri Museveni on 18 August ...
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Article 258 of the Penal Code (most recently amended in 1969) states that indecent assault without violence on a person under 15 years will be punished with 3–6 years' imprisonment. Whoever commits an indecent act or act against nature on a person of the same sex and under 21 years shall be imprisoned for 1–3 years.