Uganda's new anti-gay law lls for life prison for those who are nvicted : NPR

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• UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
• UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT
• UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
• A NEW ANTI-GAY LAW UGANDA LLS FOR LIFE PRISON FOR THOSE WHO ARE NVICTED
• NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)
• NIGERIAN POLICE ARRT MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE AT GAY WEDDG

UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS

KAMPALA, March 21 (Rters) - Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuday makg a crime to intify as LGBTQ, handg thori broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimatn and mob than 30 Ain untri, cludg Uganda, already ban same-sex relatns.

The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ), acrdg to rights group Human Rights Watch. Supporters of the new law say is need to punish a broar array of LGBTQ activi, which they say threaten tradnal valu the nservative and relig East Ain addn to same-sex terurse, the law bans promotg and abettg homosexualy as well as nspiracy to engage homosexualy. Vlatns unr the law draw severe penalti, cludg ath for so-lled aggravated homosexualy and life prison for gay sex.

Aggravated homosexualy volv gay sex wh people unr the age of 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV posive, among other tegori, acrdg to the law. [1/4]Bugiri Municipaly Member of Parliament Asuman Basalirwa, addrs the hoe as he participat the bate of the Anti-Homosexualy bill, which propos tough new penalti for same-sex relatns durg a stg at the Parliament buildgs Kampala, Uganda March 21, 2023.

UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT

Meveni has not mented on the current proposal but he has long opposed LGBTQ rights and signed an anti-LGBTQ law 2013 that Wtern untri nmned before a domtic urt stck down on procral recent weeks, Uganda thori have cracked down on LGBTQ people after relig lears and policians alleged stunts were beg reced to homosexualy month, thori arrted a sendary school teacher the eastern district of Jja over accatns of "groomg of young girls to unnatural sex practic" was subsequently charged wh gross cency and is prison awag police said on Monday they had arrted six people acced of nng a work that was "actively volved the groomg of young boys to acts of sodomy".

Anti-homosexualy bills East Ai worry LGBTQ cizens. Uganda’s parliament has passed an amend versn of the ntroversial Anti-Homosexualy Bill 2023 on Tuday. Unr the new proposed bill, homosexual nduct will still be illegal, but intifyg as homosexual whout nductg homosexual acts will not be outlawed.

The bill, however, retas s more extreme elements, cludg the ath penalty for “aggravated homosexualy, ” which clus sex wh a mor, havg sex while HIV posive and ct. The new bill has ma amendments to distguish between those who intify or appear to be LGBTQ+ and those who actually engage homosexual acts. Lawmakers also agreed to a proposed amendment that would change the bill’s cree of a “duty to report” acts of homosexualy.

UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?

Only one lawmaker, legislator Fox Odoi-Oywelowo, spoke out agast the Anti-Homosexualy Bill 2023 Parliament on Tuday, scribg as a breach of human rights. SummaryCompaniLaw punish 'aggravated homosexualy' wh athWispread nmnatn om WtLGBTQ activists vow urt challengeKAMPALA, May 29 (Rters) - Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, cludg the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy", drawg Wtern nmnatn and riskg sanctns om aid relatns were already illegal Uganda, as more than 30 Ain untri, but the new law go stipulat pal punishment for "serial offenrs" agast the law and transmissn of a termal illns like HIV/AIDS through gay sex. It also cre a 20-year sentence for "promotg" homosexualy.

"The Ugandan print has today legalised state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia, " said Clare Byagaba, a Ugandan rights Stat Print Joe Bin lled the move "a tragic vlatn" of human rights and said Washgton would evaluate the implitns of the law "on all aspects of U.

A NEW ANTI-GAY LAW UGANDA LLS FOR LIFE PRISON FOR THOSE WHO ARE NVICTED

The 78-year-old has lled homosexualy a "viatn om normal" and urged lawmakers to rist "imperialist" prsure. Existg Ugandan law lls for a maximum 10-year sentence for tentnally transmtg HIV and do not apply when the person who ntracted the fectn was aware of their sexual partner's HIV ntrast, the new law mak no distctn between tentnal and untentnal transmissn and ntas no exceptn based on awarens of HIV amend versn of the bill, adopted earlier this month after Meveni returned to parliament, stipulated that merely intifyg as LGBTQ is not a crime and revised a measure that obliged people to report homosexual activy to only require reportg when a child is volved. A ls rtrictive 2014 anti-LGBTQ law was stck down by a Ugandan urt on procral grounds, after Wtern ernments had ially spend some aid, imposed visa rtrictns and curtailed secury 2009, a bill dubbed "kill the gays" for ially proposg executg homosexuals was troduced after a nference Kampala drew reprentativ om the Uned Stat cludg proment anti-gay evangelil Stt well as relig mpaigng, Ai's anti-LGBTQ attus also have their roots the lonial era, cludg an anti-sodomy sectn of Bra's penal .

Uganda’s print signed to law a wi-rangg anti-LGBTQ bill on Monday that impos life imprisonment for same-sex activy and the ath penalty some s, signalg an tensifitn of the East Ain natn’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ people spe wispread ternatnal nmnatn of the Anti-Homosexualy Act 2023 punish wh ath those found guilty of “aggravated homosexualy, ” a tegory broadly fed by legislators to clu offens that range om havg gay sex wh a mor to scg someone through “misreprentatn” or “undue fluence. ”The law also impos life imprisonment for anyone found to have performed a sexual act wh a person of the same genr, and up to seven years prison for “an attempt to m the offense of homosexualy.

NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)

“I now enurage the duty bearers unr the law to execute the mandate btowed upon them the Anti-Homosexualy Act.

NIGERIAN POLICE ARRT MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE AT GAY WEDDG

The fal bill, approved by Meveni, remas largely the same but no longer clus a requirement for people to report homosexual activy nor crimaliz merely intifyg as LGBTQ+.

“The news means that I will never see home aga, ” said a 32-year-old gay asylum seeker speakg to The Washgton Post by phone om the Kakuma refugee mp Kenya. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe legislatn is among the most rtrictive of s kd the world and was nmned by Wtern lears and the Uned Natns human rights Ugandan Parliament May durg the passage of an anti-gay bill.

Lawmakers passed an earlier versn Lubowa/RtersThe print of Uganda signed a punive anti-gay bill on Monday that clus the ath penalty, enshrg to law an tensifyg crackdown agast L. People the nservative East Ain natn and dismissg wispread lls not to impose one of the world’s most rtrictive anti-gay law lls for life imprisonment for anyone who engag gay sex.