Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality bill

Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality bill

Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality bill.

Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality bill

Uganda’s parliament has passed a new bill that aims to crack down on homosexual activities, putting people who identify as gay at risk of life imprisonment or even the death penalty in certain cases.

The bill introduces many new criminal offenses, including making it illegal to merely identify as gay for the first time.

Friends, family, and members of the community would also have a duty to report individuals in same-sex relationships to the authorities.

This bill is one of the toughest pieces of anti-gay legislation in Africa. Anti-homosexual sentiment has been prominent in the media, and members of the queer community have been blackmailed, extorted for money, or even lured into traps for mob attacks.

Amnesty International has called the bill “appalling,” “ambiguous,” and “vaguely worded,” and warns that it will institutionalize discrimination and block the legitimate work of civil society, public health professionals, and community leaders.

Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s director for East and Southern Africa said, “This deeply repressive legislation will institutionalize discrimination, hatred, and prejudice against LGBTI people – including those who are perceived to be LGBTI – and block the legitimate work of civil society, public health professionals, and community leaders,”

The bill will now go to President Yoweri Museveni, who can choose to veto it or sign it into law. Same-sex relations are banned in about 30 African countries, where many people uphold conservative religious and social values.


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