Uganda: President Museveni Signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill

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Source: Amnesty International NZ – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Uganda: President Museveni Signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill

  Ugandan President Museveni (Above) has signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. © MEHDI TAAMALLAH/AFP/Getty Images
 

Ugandan President Museveni (Above) has signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law.

© MEHDI TAAMALLAH/AFP/Getty Images

   
 

President Museveni has signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. It is a draconian and damaging piece of legislation, Amnesty International said today.

“This deeply offensive piece of legislation is an affront to the human rights of all Ugandans and should never have got this far,” said Michelle Kagari, Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International.

“This legislation will institutionalize hatred and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Uganda. Its passage into law signals a very grave episode in the nation’s history.”

“The Anti-Homosexuality Bill will further criminalize consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex, with some offences carrying life imprisonment. It also includes offences such as ‘promotion of homosexuality’, which will directly impact human rights defenders and healthcare providers. It makes a mockery of the rights enshrined in the Ugandan constitution.”

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Uganda has become more repressive recently. In the previous 6 months it has brought into law the Public Order Management Act, then the Anti-Pornography bill and now the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.  

 

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  1. It is incredible that a man with serious personal responsibilities in war crimes agains umanity in Rwanda, south Sudan, Zaire etc. it is allowed to continue ruling people and to segregate like a bad copy of the worse dictators in history !!! let’s stop him and his family !!!

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