'This is a desperately dark day for LGBTI rights and for Uganda,' said FlaviaMwaka, amnesty's deputy regional director for East and Southern Africa, as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs the so-called 'Kill the Gays' bill into law.
"This is a desperately dark day for LGBTI rights and for Uganda," said Amnesty International's deputy regional director for East and Southern Africa.Human rights defenders around the world on Monday condemned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after he signed a bill criminalizing same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults and imposing the death penalty for"aggravated homosexuality.
, under which people convicted of"aggravated homosexuality"—that is, same-sex sexual acts by HIV-positive people or with children, disabled people, or anyone deemed vulnerable—can be hanged to death. The law punishes same-sex acts with life imprisonment and attempted same-sex acts with 10 years behind bars. It also criminalizes the"promotion" of LGBTQ+ rights.
"Despite our concerted efforts to stop the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, the president today has legalized state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia by signing this bill into law," Frank Mugisha, executive director of the advocacy group Sexual Minorities Uganda , said in a"It will erode the rights of LGBTIQ individuals and put innocent Ugandans at crosshairs of grave violations from state and nonstate actors," Mugisha added.
Hours after Museveni signed the bill into law, 11 opponents including Ugandan parliamentary lawmaker Fox Odoi-Oywelowo petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking to block its implementation, the;“Joint statement by the leaders of the @GlobalFund, UNAIDS and @PEPFAR on #Uganda;’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023. \n\nRead statement - https://t.co/1xkDKdm2f5;”
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