Ugandan lawmakers on Tuday approved some of the world's harsht anti-gay laws, makg some crim punishable by ath and imposg up to 20 years prison for people intifyg as LGBTQ+.
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- 'KILL THE GAYS' BILL REVIVED BY UGANDAN GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY ON LGBTQ COMMUNY
- UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT
- UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
'KILL THE GAYS' BILL REVIVED BY UGANDAN GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY ON LGBTQ COMMUNY
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The Ugandan ernment announced s plan to retroduce a bill that would crimalize homosexualy wh the ath bill—lloquially known as "Kill the Gays" Uganda—was nullified by the nstutnal urt 2014 on a technily, but the ernment said plans to rurrect the bill wh weeks. "Homosexualy is not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recment by gay people schools, and pecially among the youth, where they are promotg the falsehood that people are born like that, " Ethics and Integry Mister Simon Lokodo told went on to say that the current penal law is "limed, " makg clear that anyone volved "promotn and recment" will be crimalized.
"When the law was troduced last time, whipped up homophobic sentiment and hate crim, " said Onziema.
UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT
Onziema said three gay men and one transgenr woman had been killed homophobic attacks Uganda this year. In 2014, the Uned Stat rced aid to Uganda rponse to the first "Kill the Gays" bill, imposg visa rtrictns and ncellg ary exercis.
The World Bank, Swen, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands also spend or redirected November, the anti-gay remarks by a senr official Tanzania led to the natn's send biggt donor, Denmark, whholdg $10 ln aid.
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.
UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
It also cre a 20-year sentence for "promotg" homosexualy.