The president of Uganda has signed a controversial anti-gay bill toughening penalties for homosexual sex, with some acts punishable by life behind bars.
President Yoweri Museveni signed it in front of a team of scientists whose report, which stated there was no genetic basis for homosexuality, he cited as evidence.
He had agreed to wait for scientific findings from the US but said today he would not yield to pressure from western groups. ‘We Africans never seek to impose our view on others,’ he said. ‘If only they could let us alone.’
Originally, the bill called for the death penalty for some homosexual acts, but this was removed amid international criticism.
The version signed sets life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ and criminalises ‘promoting homosexuality’, where activists encourage people to come out. Full story...
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President Yoweri Museveni signed it in front of a team of scientists whose report, which stated there was no genetic basis for homosexuality, he cited as evidence.
He had agreed to wait for scientific findings from the US but said today he would not yield to pressure from western groups. ‘We Africans never seek to impose our view on others,’ he said. ‘If only they could let us alone.’
Originally, the bill called for the death penalty for some homosexual acts, but this was removed amid international criticism.
The version signed sets life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ and criminalises ‘promoting homosexuality’, where activists encourage people to come out. Full story...
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