Uganda this week passed a bill that calls for openly gay members of the LGBTQ community to be punished with life imprisonment, despite widespread opposition from world leaders and human rights activists. Here's what you need to know.
“After the government passed the now-scrapped 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch research found that people faced a notable increase in arbitrary arrests, police abuse, extortion, loss of employment, discriminatory evictions by landlords and reduced access to health services because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity,” Budoo-Scholtz said.
The death penalty will be given to those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality,” meaning sexual acts with minors, or people with disabilities or HIV Those who attempt to advocate, celebrate or openly discuss anything LGBTQ-related will be given up to 20 years in prison for “promoting homosexuality”to 50,000 Ugandan shillings or up to six months in prisonWhat has the international community said?
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration is considering implementing visa restrictions for Ugandan officials. Top U.S. government officials joined other world leaders in condemning the hardline laws enacted in Uganda. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration would consider implementing visa restrictions for Ugandan officials.
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