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- A NEW ANTI-GAY LAW UGANDA LLS FOR LIFE PRISON FOR THOSE WHO ARE NVICTED
- 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
A Ugandan wearg a mask wh a rabow sticker tak part the Gay Pri para 2015. Uganda has passed one of the world's tought anti-gay laws that lls for life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy. Ugandan print Yoweri Meveni signed the Anti-homosexualy act on Monday spe wispread nmnatn om many Wtern ernments and human rights activists.
It lls for the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy, " which is fed as same-sex relatns volvg HIV-posive people, children or other vulnerable people. Anyone nvicted of "attempted aggravated homosexualy" n be imprisoned for up to 14 years.
Ugandans who engag gay sex n receive life prison, while anyone who attempts to have same-sex relatns n face 10 years prison. "We are appalled that the dranian and discrimatory anti-gay bill is now law, " the Uned Natns' Human Rights office said a tweet on Monday. By late Monday eveng Uganda gay activiss had filed a petn the nstutnal urt, challengg the new Anti-homosexualy law.
UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
It also altered a measure that required people to report homosexual activy if a child is volved. Uganda passed a prev anti-homosexualy law 2014, but the urts stck down on procral grounds followg outrage Uganda and om ternatnal donors. Homosexualy is crimalized more than 30 of Ai's 54 untri.
Wispread anti-gay sentiment Uganda and the threat of imprisonment has forced many the LGBTQ muny to flee the untry over the past few years. Canada was quick to nmn the new law, which clus the ath penalty for 'aggravated homosexualy.