Uganda’s Constitutional Court rejects petition against anti-gay law

A view of the panel of five judges led by the country's deputy chief justice, Richard Buteera during the hearing of consolidated petitions challenging the contentious and controversial anti-homosexuality law, at the Constitutional Court, in Kampala, on Dec. 18, 2023. [Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo]

Uganda’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned internationally as one of the toughest in the world.

The court found on Wednesday that some sections of the law violated the right to health and it was “inconsistent with right to health, privacy and freedom of religion” but did not block or suspend the law.