Uganda's anti-gay law: how rtricted are LGBTQ rights Ai? | Rters

Contents:

• UGANDA LAWMAKERS AMEND NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW BUT ATH PENALTY FOR HIV POSIVE SEX REMAS
• UGANDA'S ANTI-GAY LAW: HOW RTRICTED ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS AI?
• UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY BILL: LIFE PRISON FOR SAYG YOU'RE GAY
• HIV ALARM UGANDA AS ANTI-GAY LAW FORC LGBT 'LOCKDOWN'
• NO, UGANDA IS NOT MAKG ILLEGAL TO BE GAY (AGA)

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

Canada was quick to nmn the new law, which clus the ath penalty for 'aggravated homosexualy. 'Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni has signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, cludg the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy, " fiance of Wtern nmnatns and potential sanctns om aid relatns were already illegal Uganda, as more than 30 Ain untri, but the new law go much impos pal punishment for some behavur, cludg transmtg a termal illns like HIV/AIDS through gay sex, and stipulat a 20-year sentence for "promotg" homosexualy.

"The Ugandan print has today legalized state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia, " said Clare Byagaba, a Ugandan rights activist.

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

However, Alex Kofi Donkor, founr of LGBT+ Rights Ghana, says what happened Uganda is 'barbaric, ' and that people should not be crimalized for their and other activists have vowed to lnch a legal challenge to the law, which Meveni was shown signg at his sk wh a goln pen a photo tweeted by Uganda's 78-year-old lear has lled homosexualy a "viatn om normal" and urged lawmakers to rist "imperialist" prsure.

UGANDA ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY BILL: LIFE PRISON FOR SAYG YOU'RE GAY

Ugandan human rights activists talk to the media after filg a petn challengg the signg of the new anti-homosexualy law by Meveni, at the nstutn urt Kampala, Uganda, on Monday.

Print's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), s flagship HIV/AIDS activists Uganda ' shock' over anti-gay legislatn, fearg mass arrtsAnti-LGBTQ bill passed Uganda ed as 'low-hangg u' to distract public, rearcher saysIn a jot statement on Monday, PEPFAR, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Jot Uned Natns Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said the law put Uganda's fight agast HIV/AIDS " grave jeopardy. "Uganda’s Print has signed this anti-gay legislatn to law. "We are appalled that the dranian and discrimatory anti-gay bill is now law, " tweeted.

HIV ALARM UGANDA AS ANTI-GAY LAW FORC LGBT 'LOCKDOWN'

Activists prott outsi the Ugandan Embassy over that untry's Anti-Homosexualy Bill, Washgton, D. The amend versn 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.

Uganda is one of several Ain natns where is illegal to be queer; the natn enacted s Anti-Homosexualy Act 2014, which allowed for life imprisonment for some homosexual acts between nsentg adults, and dified the reprsn of LGBTQ Ugandans. That legislatn was annulled urt 2014, though homosexualy was still illegal per prev law, acrdg to a Human Rights Watch report.

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

The latt bill, ially passed by parliament March, tak Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ polici much further, punishg LGBTQ advocy wh up to 20 years prison and proposg the ath penalty for “aggravated homosexualy” — homosexual acts volvg children or members of other at-risk groups, or volvg a person who is HIV posive.

A person nvicted of “attempted aggravated homosexualy” n be imprisoned for up to 14 years, and “attempted homosexualy” uld land a person a 10-year prison sentence. (After Meveni sent the bill back, lawmakers add a provisn clarifyg that the punishments are not for beg homosexual but require havg same-sex relatns. Uganda is now the fourth Ain natn which homosexualy is punishable by ath, acrdg to a Rters report.

Mbajjwe Nimiro Wilson, a 24-year-old gay man, fled the pal cy of Kampala after a crowd of people threatened him as he bought groceri.