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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signs anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further. It stipulates capital punishment for “serial offenders”… Read More Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signs anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

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Uganda’s parliament passes law criminalizing identification as LGBTQ

Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence. More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as… Read More Uganda’s parliament passes law criminalizing identification as LGBTQ

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