04/04/2024
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Ugandaβs most prominent LGBTQ activist, Frank Mugisha, condemned a constitutional courtβs decision to uphold an anti-gay law that permits the death penalty in certain cases.
Heβs called the ruling a form of βstate-sanctioned homophobiaβ and said he is bracing for violence in the East African nation.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the legislation into law last year, drawing condemnation from LGBTQ activists from around the world. Conversely, the law has broad support among the countryβs population.
Homosexuality was already illegal in Uganda under a colonial-era law criminalizing sexual activity βagainst the order of nature.β More than 60 countries β mostly in Africa and the Mideast β have criminalized homosexuality, according to Human Rights Watch, but Ugandaβs anti-gay law is considered one of the harshest.
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