In Uganda, a bill could be back on the agenda, which provides for gay sex among other things, the death penalty. It reports the news portal ugpulse.com.
Thus, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Law, Stephen Tashobya, journalists said yesterday that the draft could soon pass the committee and the Parliament may decide it before the summer break in May.
The law which is already very strict laws against homosexuality were tightened again. Already, gay anal intercourse punishable by life imprisonment. It affirms that the definition of homosexuality but would be taken further in order to create more criminal offenses. Gay men having sex with minors or the disabled, have repeatedly condemned or are HIV-positive, could even be sentenced to death. Also a crime would be not to report to the authorities' homosexual incidents ".
When the draft was presented for the first time, there was a huge international outcry. Even Barack Obama has recommended to the Parliament of Uganda urge you not to pass the bill. International organizations were therefore assumed that the draft had disappeared in a drawer.
Finally, the European Parliament in February this year, prompted by the violent death of Ugandan lesbians and gay activist David Kato Uganda, homosexuals have appropriate protection against violence and to respond quickly to all threats and hate speech that trigger violence, discrimination and hostilities. "
Source: GGG.at
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