A 20-year old in Uganda has become the first person in the country to be prosecuted for “aggravated homosexuality”, an offence punishable by death under the country’s draconian new anti-gay legislation, the man’s lawyer has said.
Passed in May this year, the law introduces the death penalty in cases of so-called “aggravated homosexuality”, a term the government uses to describe actions including having gay sex when HIV-positive or having intercourse with a minor or an elderly person, or a person with a disability.
