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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

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

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has sparked international outrage after signing one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for homosexual acts.

The new bill will impose the death penalty or life imprisonment for certain same-sex acts and up to 20 years in prison for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex “activities”.

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