LGBTQ : Punishment-a-death for having homosexual relations in Uganda

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday passed the world’s strictest law against homosexuals. Due to this, having a homosexual relationship there can now be punished from life imprisonment to death. Same sex relations were banned in Uganda earlier also, but there was no provision for such severe punishment.

While passing the law, the MPs have declared same-sex relations to be against the values of the society. Along with this, he has also taken an oath to ensure that the law is followed properly. As soon as the law is passed, its criticisms have started all over the world. US President Joe Biden has even threatened to impose sanctions on several Ugandan officials and reduce US investment there.

According to a new law in Uganda, having same-sex sex with someone under the age of 18 or with an HIV-infected person could be punishable by death. At the same time, promoting homosexuality will have to stay in jail for 20 years.

However, there will be no punishment for someone just being gay, lesbian or homosexual. Punishment will happen only if he indulges in homosexual relations. However, Museveni’s suggestion to parliamentarians to drop the provision making ‘aggravated homosexuality’ the death penalty was rejected by the parliamentarians.

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