Ugandan President Signs Anti-Gay Bill Into Law

24 February 2014

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-homosexuality bill into law on Monday defying protests from Western donors and US President Barack Obama.

Even before this bill was signed into law, there was already legislation on Uganda's statute book outlawing homosexual acts - a relic from the days when Uganda was a British colony. But this latest measure is even more draconian, because it punishes in addition all who support gay rights, or who do not report same-sex activity to the authorities.

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