Uganda's New Anti-LGBTQI+ Law Restricts Media and Activists Too DeutscheWelle: Uganda
Uganda's new and stricter laws to punish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people puts draconian restrictions on the media and advocates for LGBTQ rights too., providing for harsher punishment for the country's LGBTQ community.Journalists and publishers could face prosecution and imprisonment for publishing, broadcasting or distributing content deemed to advocate for the rights of LGBTQ people.
"If a journalist or a media house is being held accountable for exposing homosexuality, or a homosexual whom they are fighting, that means they are just hiding their heads in the sand. It cannot be both ways," she said. The controversial bill also makes provision for a life sentence for anyone convicted of grooming or trafficking children for purposes of engaging them in
"I think it is really the promotion of hatred and the promotion of intolerance rather than really the intention of curtailing the promotion of homosexuality," Rumu told DW.
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