Ugandan lawmakers approved legislation with harsher penalties for violating laws outlawing homosexuality, including death and life-imprisonment sentences in certain cases.
The document lists violations it describes as aggravated homosexuality such as same-sex intercourse with people under the age of 18 or when an offender is HIV positive, with these attracting the harshest punishments.
LGBTQ rights have come under pressure lately, with the Indian government opposing giving legal recognition for same-sex marriages amid of a Supreme Court hearing on the matter. In Kenya, President William Ruto bashed a pro-LGBTQ ruling by the nation’s top court, while Ghanaian lawmakers are considering acutely punitive legislation against gay people.
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