After Uganda’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act was last week struck down by the court for passing through parliament without a proper quorum, lawmakers in the country are now trying to get the bill swiftly reinstated. The bill, which makes some acts of homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni of […]
In Uganda, a court has struck down Uganda’s widely contested Anti-Homosexuality Act. Last week the court announced that the law, which makes some acts of homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment, was invalid because it was passed through Uganda’s parliament without a proper quorum. President Yoweri Museveni, who has been ruling Uganda for 28 years, signed […]
Police in Pader, Northern Uganda, have arrested five individuals on suspicion of “promoting homosexuality”. According to The Monitor, the suspects included two businessmen, one teacher and two students, who were allegedly “carrying out clandestine movements in both primary and secondary schools in the district luring the pupils and students into the practice.” Uganda’s controversial laws […]
The Obama administration has announced $10 million worth of cuts from aid to the Ugandan government in response to its enacting the controversial ‘Jail the Gays’ law. According to Buzzfeed, the Obama administration is redirecting millions of dollars of funding in an effort to show solidarity to LGBT people and discourage other countries from passing […]
