Ugandans Challenge Anti-Homosexuality Act
Ugandan human rights activists, journalists, religious leaders, academics, and lawyers are currently challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which came into force in May, in court. The case, which enters its final pretrial stage today, will soon proceed to trial.
The Anti-Homosexuality Act is one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBT laws and includes the death penalty for “serial offenders” or for anyone having same-sex relations with a person with a disability, a child, or of advanced aged, among others, under the offence of “aggravated homosexuality.” The law also criminalizes the vaguely worded “promotion of homosexuality.” That means anyone advocating for the rights of LGBT people, including representatives of human rights organizations or those providing financial support to organizations that do so, now faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment.
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