Uganda recently signed a bill that further bans homosexuality. According to CNN, a man was burned to death for being gay shortly after.
The
bill's original 2009 version, named "Kill The Gays," went as far as
calling for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts; that
provision was shelved following international furore.
Under
its latest iteration, anyone who conducts marriage ceremonies for
same-sex couples faces seven years behind bars. Failure to report
homosexual activity to police is also criminalized. Doctors who treat
gays, landlords who rent them property and those suspected of being gay
are subject to five-year prison terms under the bill.
Anyone who offers support to homosexuals will also be committing a criminal offence, which can reportedly extend to counselling.
Though
homosexuality has already been illegal in the South-east African
nation, some argued this bill needed to be passed to safeguard against
Western values.
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