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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

Ugandan president refuses to sign LGBTQ bill, seeks changes

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President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new bill against homosexuality that prescribes the death penalty in some cases, requesting that it should be amended.

Museveni's decision was announced late Thursday after a meeting of lawmakers in his ruling party, almost all of whom support the bill approved by lawmakers last month.

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