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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Rodney Muhumuza | Associated Press

Uganda anti-gay law includes death penalty in some cases

Activists picket against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa in April. (Themba Hadebe/Associated Press)

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad.

The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn’t criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ, a key concern for some rights campaigners who condemned an earlier draft of the legislation as an egregious attack on human rights.

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