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Uganda's president signs harsh anti-gay bill into law

A Ugandan wearing a mask with a rainbow sticker takes part in the Gay Pride parade in Entebbe on 8 August, 2015. AFP - ISAAC KASAMANI

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world's harshest.

Uganda's parliament on Twitter said Museveni had approved a new draft of the legislation that had been passed overwhelmingly this month by lawmakers, who defended the measures as a protection of national culture and values.

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