At the EFF’s march against the bill on Tuesday, which would subject queer people to life imprisonment and death sentences, the community called out Uganda for showing its ignorance, with Julius Malema urging its president not to pass it.
TSHWANE - Members of the LGBTQIA+ community described Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill as a human rights violation, and said the country was showing its ignorance.
Earlier in April, the Ugandan parliament passed the bill that would see queer people being subjected to life in prison and even death sentences.READ: DA leaders condemn govt's silence on Uganda's anti-gay lawUgandan human rights activist Papa Dee told Eyewitness News that they left their country because they were constantly receiving death threats just for being queer.
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