Uganda Court Annuls Anti-homosexuality Law

Uganda's Constitutional Court has annulled tough anti-gay legislation signed into law in February.
It ruled that the bill was passed by MPs in December without the requisite quorum and was therefore illegal.

Homosexual acts were already illegal, but the new law allowed for life imprisonment for "aggravated homosexuality" and banned the "promotion of homosexuality".
Several donors have cut aid to Uganda since the law was adopted.

'Null and void'

Uganda is a deeply conservative society where many people oppose gay rights and the sentence for homosexual acts has always been life imprisonment.
Earlier drafts of the anti-homosexuality act made it a crime not to report gay people - which would have made it impossible to live as openly gay - but this clause was removed.

READ HOW PRESIDENT OF UGANDA RUBBISHED JONATHAN AND OTHERS

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has blamed the Nigerian Government for its inability to protect the lives and property of its citizens, he goes further to mention other countries like Somalia, South Sudan and DRC.

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GAY ALERT: Two Homosexuals Busted In A Hotel Room During Their 'Date' (PHOTOS)

About two weeks ago the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, put his signature under the controversial Bill. However, it seems some men did not take it seriously. While others are eager to get the law into practice

Homosexuals in Uganda would soon feel the weight of the newly-adopted anti-gay law.

To suspected homosexuals were caught in a hotel room by a lodging attendant while having sex.

The two man booked a room at an undisclosed hotel in Uganda. They checked-in, moved upstairs and then sexual moans were heard about 20 minutes later.

UGANDAN PRESIDENT, YOWERI MUSEVENI'S DAUGHTER SAYS SHE IS GAY

 

In a startling revelation, the daughter of Ugandan President Yoweri ­Museveni admitted today during a radio talk show in Mbarara, in Western Uganda that she is homosexual, and that she is revealing this fact as a protest to the anti-gay law her father signed only a few days ago.
Diana Kamuntu, Museveni’s daughter said that though she loves her father unconditionally, she does not agree with Uganda’s anti-gay stance, and will fight against it.
“I am gay, I am homosexual. I have known this since I was a little girl. Also, I have been Christian all of my life, so I will not tolerate any law of this supposedly democratic nation, that will place hate on any person just because of what his or her sexual orientation happens to be,” said Kamuntu.

Ugandan Newspaper Publishes A List Of The Country's "Top 200 Homosexuals"

A Ugandan newspaper has published a list of the country's 'top 200' homosexuals, a day after their president signed their anti gay bill into law which punishes 'aggravated homosexuality' with life in prison.

The Red Pepper, a Ugandan tabloid, ran the names of 200 people it claims are homosexuals, and the list includes prominent Ugandan gay activists such as Pepe Julian Onziema, as well as a popular Ugandan hip-hop star and a Catholic priest.

Gay Ugandans Attempt Suicide After Anti-Gay Law Is Signed

Following President Jonathan‘s signing of the same sex bill, Uganda has followed suit.
On Monday 24th February 2014, President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-gay bill into law. The law is aimed at criminalizing all homosexual relations; offenders face a 14-year jail term while more convictions may lead to life sentences.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke to one of Uganda’s gay rights activists Pepe Julian via a telephone conversation from the nation’s capital city Kampala.
She revealed that members of the gay community are afraid of losing their lives and would rather take their lives than live under the law.

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