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On 13 October 2009, Member of Parliament David Bahati introduced the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which would broaden the criminalization of same-sex relationships in Uganda and introduce the death penalty for serial offenders, HIV-positive people who engage in sexual activity with people of the same sex, and persons who engage in same-sex sexual ...
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. Furthermore, the act enables the Ugandan government to rescind international and regional commitments it deems outside of the interest of the act's provisions.
Similarly to the 2009 death penalty for homosexuals’ bill, in May 2023, President Museveni passed a law stating that some same sex acts will be punishable by the death penalty. [25] This newly signed law makes the country one of the most dangerous in the world regarding the lives of members of the LBGT community, due to the severity of the ...
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 ...
Suspect charged for ‘performing unlawful sexual intercourse’ with 41-year-old man
The maximum penalty for "purporting to contract a same-sex marriage", as well as for knowingly attending a purported same-sex marriage ceremony is imprisonment for 10 years. The maximum penalty for failing to report a witnessed homosexual act is imprisonment for 6 months. Lawyers acting in their official capacity are exempt from this provision.
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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