Uganda

“If signed into law by the President, it will render lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Uganda criminals simply for existing, for being who they are. It could ...

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The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by Ugandan lawmakers that criminalizes simply ...

“African Rainbow Family condemns in its entirety, the passing of the Ugandan ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023’ into law. “Seeking to strip LGBTQIA persons of their whole humanity, it extends to deny them housing, education and health care. And now that it has actually passed in Parliament, the (LGBTQ) community is quite in fear,” Onziema said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed the bill, which would “undermine fundamental human rights of all Ugandans and could reverse gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “If signed into law by the President, it will render lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Uganda criminals simply for existing, for being who they are. Volker Türk called the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2023 “draconian,” saying it would have negative repercussions on society as a whole and violates the nation’s constitution.

The UN has urged Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, to block an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that has harsh penalties for some homosexual offences, including death and ...

“It could provide carte blanche for the systematic violation of nearly all of their human rights and serve to incite people against each other.” The bill now goes to Museveni, who can veto or sign it into law. Aggravated homosexuality applies in cases of sex relations involving those infected with HIV as well as minors and other categories of vulnerable people.

The country passes a bill which will make it a crime to identify as LGBT, with severe penalties including life in prison for having gay sex.

During a debate on the bill, politician David Bahati said: "Our creator God is happy [about] what is happening... "One of the most extreme features of this new bill is that it criminalises people simply for being who they are as well as further infringing on the rights to privacy, and freedoms of expression and association that are already compromised in Uganda," the group's spokesperson Oryem Nyeko said in a statement earlier this month. But politician Fox Odoi said the bill was "ill-conceived" and unconstitutional because it "criminalises individuals instead of conduct". The bill was introduced last month by an opposition politician who said his goal was to punish "promotion, recruitment and funding" of homosexuality. Uganda has passed a bill to make it a crime to identify as LGBT - with the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality". The country passes a bill which will make it a crime to identify as LGBT, with severe penalties including life in prison for having gay sex.

Uganda said on Thursday it expects its mountainous public debt to enter a "declining trend" helped by strong economic growth, which is projected to hit 7% ...

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If assented to by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the bill will hand authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination ...

“If signed into law by the president, it will render lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Uganda criminals simply for existing, for being who they are. She was subsequently charged with gross indecency and is in prison awaiting trial. The police said on Monday they had arrested six people accused of running a network that was “actively involved in the grooming of young boys into acts of sodomy”. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the legislation would “undermine fundamental human rights of all Ugandans and could reverse gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS” and urged Uganda to reconsider the implementation of the bill. “The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of its kind in the world – is a deeply troubling development,” he said in a statement. But opposition politicians boycotted a speech by Museveni on Thursday, in which he described gay people as “deviations”, to protest against human rights violations and the illegal imprisonment and forced disappearance of their supporters.

The United Nations rights chief on Wednesday urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill passed this week that prescribes harsh ...

If anyone were to rent a room to a gay couple, they could go to jail for 10 years," Nyeko said. "If signed into law by the president, it will render lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Uganda criminals simply for existing, for being who they are," Turk, the U.N. He suggested in a recent speech that he supports the legislation, accusing unnamed Western nations of "trying to impose their practices on other people." "It could provide carte blanche for the systematic violation of nearly all of their human rights and serve to incite people against each other." [introduced last month](https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-rights-uganda-africa-bb09f1747ca18a0b707e49ea964fba92) by an opposition lawmaker who said his goal was to punish "promotion, recruitment and funding" related to LGBTQ activities in this East African country where homosexuals are widely disparaged. Aggravated homosexuality applies in cases of sex relations involving those infected with HIV, as well as minors.

Uganda has introduced the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” as part of a new law criminalising LGBT+ identities, which has been condemned by ...

“The law, dubbed the ‘2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill’, amounts to a grave assault on LGBTI people and is contemptuous of the Ugandan constitution. Same-sex relationships in Uganda can already be punished by life imprisonment. The new law will further criminalise identifying as LGBT+ as well as the “promotion” of homosexuality, which will be punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment.