Uganda: 'Anti-Homosexuality' Bill Must Be Unconditionally Rejected

press release

FIDH is extremely concerned by the speeding up of the voting process of the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" before Ugandan Parliament, as Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga recently promised that the draconian BiIl would pass by Year's end as a "Christmas gift" to its backers.

The "Anti-Homosexuality Bill", aimed at putting into the national penal code provisions that further criminalise the "offense of homosexuality", was first introduced before Ugandan Parliament in October 2009. At the time, strong mobilisation of civil society organisations as well as international governments and institutions enabled to halt the debate and set the bill aside for more than two years. In February 2012, it was reintroduced before Ugandan Parliament in its original version. With Ms. Kadaga's recent declarations, the threat of its quick adoption is weighing more than ever over all Ugandan lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people as well as on human rights organisations, and in particular those working for the protection of LGBTI persons' rights.

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