KAMPALA (Uganda), March 22 — Amnesty International urged Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni today to reject a tough anti-gay bill passed by parliament, warning it was “a...
KAMPALA , March 22 — Amnesty International urged Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni today to reject a tough anti-gay bill passed by parliament, warning it was “a grave assault” on LGBTQ people.
“This ambiguous, vaguely worded law even criminalises those who ‘promote’ homosexuality,” Amnesty’s east and southern Africa director, Tigere Chagutah, said. Amnesty said Museveni “must urgently veto this appalling legislation”, adding that it would “institutionalise discrimination, hatred, and prejudice” against the LGBTQ community.
Uganda is notorious for its intolerance of homosexuality—which was criminalised under colonial-era laws.
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