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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Samuel Okiror in Kampala

Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts

An elderly African man in a suit looks off camera
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has claimed western countries were ‘trying to impose their practices on other people’, but the Ugandan rights activist Sarah Kasande said: ‘Queers are Ugandans! No stupid law will ever change that!’ Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters


Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed into law the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which allows the death penalty for homosexual acts.

The move immediately drew condemnation from many Ugandans as well as widespread international outrage. The UK government said it was appalled by the “deeply discriminatory” bill, which it said will “damage Uganda’s international reputation”.

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