Anti-Homosexuality Law Topics

DPP directs on prosecution of homosexuality cases in new Anti-Gay law

Kampala, (UG): The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has directed that all case files with charges preferred under the...

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Lawyer Vivian Tayebwa goes into hiding over links to LGBTQ activities

KAMPALA, (UG): A Ugandan young lawyer, Vivian Tayebwa is in hiding after learning that plans were underway by authorities to arrest and...

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FULL STATEMENT: World Bank halts funding Uganda over Anti-gay law

WASHINGTON, (US): The World Bank has suspended all future funding for projects in Uganda, citing human rights violations after the enactment of...

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AG Kiwanuka asks court to dismiss petitions against Anti-Homosexuality Law

Uganda's Attorney General has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss three petitions challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 on grounds that they...

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OP-ED: Now with our Anti-gay Law, we can ignore the West

By Milton Emmy Akwam Uganda became independent from the United Kingdom on October 9, 1962. According to history, the East African country...

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US imposes Visa Restrictions on Ugandan officials behind Anti-Gay Law

A statement from the State Department did not name any targeted individuals.

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U.S issues Travel Advisory over Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law

According to the US, There remains a threat of terrorist attacks in Uganda and throughout the region after the attacks in western...

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Anti-gay law fight hits snag as key petitioners withdraw signatures

According to a letter by the lawyers, Hon Fox Odoi and Dr Mugisha say they will file their own petition at an...

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Museveni reassures on Anti-Gay Law: ‘Uganda will stay firm’

Mr Museveni on Tuesday this week assented to the Anti-Homsoexuality Bill 2023 a month after he had bounced back Parliament for further...

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Archbishop Kazimba hails Museveni for signing anti-LGBTQ law

Dr Kazimba however said the church does not support the death penalty as prescribed in the new law and instead advised that...

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Biden threatens to Sanction Uganda over tough Anti-gay Law, urges repeal

Biden said he had asked his National Security Council to assess what the law means for "all aspects of US engagement with...

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MP Fox Odoi, Andrew Mwenda lead petition to block new Anti-Homosexuality law

Homosexuality was criminalised in Uganda under colonial laws, but there has never been a conviction for consensual same-sex activity since independence from...

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Museveni signs Uganda’s ‘tough’ Anti-Homosexuality Bill into Law

The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 provides for the death penalty for aggravated homosexuality (sex acts committed without consent or under duress, against children,...

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Museveni summons NRM MPs over Anti-Homosexuality Bill

The bill, which Museveni is expected to sign into law, would see anyone engaging in acts of homosexuality facing 20 years in...

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OPINION: Mr President; Stand tall and assent to Anti-Homosexuality Bill

The media has been awash with articles on homosexuality. Despite threats from resource-wealthy nations to withdraw funds to Uganda and counter threats...