Uganda targeting LGBTQ community with hatred and violence: HRW
Persecution follows in the wake of 2023 law imposing draconian punishments on homosexuality. Uganda’s LGBTQ community is facing intensified persecution following the enactment of harsh anti-gay laws two years ago, according to an international NGO. In a report released on Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Ugandan authorities have “perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence” and […]
Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 – Uganda
The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 is a law passed by the Parliament of Uganda that imposes severe restrictions on LGBT rights, including criminalizing the promotion of homosexuality and introducing some of the harshest penalties in the world for same-sex relations. Passage of the Law On 21 March 2023, the bill was passed in Parliament and sent […]
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty
KAMPALA, May 29 (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides […]
Uganda tweaked its anti-gay law just to get donor cash, activists say
The Constitutional Court of Uganda scrapped two sections and two subsections of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 and declared the rest of the law constitutional. As a court in Uganda refused to strike down one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws enacted nearly a year ago, activists fear the law there and the “lackluster” response […]
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act challenged in Constitutional Court
One of the world’s harshest anti-homosexuality laws is being challenged in the Ugandan courts by rights groups. The law has caused global outrage, with the World Bank halting new loans to Uganda and the US imposing visa restrictions on key officials. Anyone convicted of being involved in homosexual acts face life imprisonment under the law […]
Uganda: Court Upholds Anti-Homosexuality Act
Entrenches Discrimination, Enhances Risk of Anti-LGBT Violence (Nairobi) – Uganda’s Constitutional Court on April 3, 2024, upheld the abusive and radical provisions of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling further entrenches discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and makes them prone to more violence. The court did strike down […]