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Uganda: New anti-homosexual law signed

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25463942

20 December 2013 Last updated at 08:47 ET
Ugandan MPs pass life in jail anti-homosexual law

Uganda's parliament has passed a bill to toughen the punishment for homosexual acts to include life imprisonment in some cases.

The anti-homosexuality bill also makes it a crime punishable by a prison sentence not to report gay people.

The prime minister opposed the vote, saying not enough MPs were present.

The bill has been condemned by world leaders since it was mooted in 2009 - US President Barack Obama called it "odious".

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in Kampala says the government knows there will be an international outcry, which could see some countries suspend aid to the country...
 
Re: Uganda: New anti-homosexual law signed

Source: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/uganda-s-president-signs-anti-gay-bill-1.1700944

Uganda's president signs anti-gay bill
Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press
Published Monday, February 24, 2014 8:04AM EST
Last Updated Monday, February 24, 2014 8:53AM EST

ENTEBBE, Uganda -- Uganda's president on Monday signed a controversial anti-gay bill that has harsh penalties for homosexual sex, saying it is needed to deter what he called the West's "social imperialism" promoting homosexuality in Africa.

President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill at his official residence in an event witnessed by government officials, journalists and a team of Ugandan scientists whose report --which found that there is no proven genetic basis for homosexuality -- cited by Museveni as his reason for backing the bill...

...The new law calls for first-time offenders to be sentenced to 14 years in jail. It also sets life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," defined as repeated gay sex between consenting adults as well as same-sex acts involving a minor, a disabled person or where one partner is infected with HIV.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/uganda-s-president-signs-anti-gay-bill-1.1700944#ixzz2uFusQQMT
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