A ruling this month by Uganda’s Constitutional Court to water down a tough anti-LGBTQ+ law may have stemmed from concern to avoid further international sanctions over the controversial legislation, ...
The Ugandan Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act in its totality,” said Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera ...
(Nairobi) – Uganda’s Constitutional Court on April 3, 2024, upheld the abusive and radical provisions of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling further entrenches ...
Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offences related to same-sex relations, responding to widespread anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the country but piling more ...
The Constitutional Court of Uganda scrapped two sections and two subsections of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 and ...
The ripple effects of Dobbs continue to emerge in unexpected places—and to threaten other civil liberties. Yesterday, ...
Legislation adopted last year outraged LGBTQ+ community, rights activists, the UN and western nations Uganda’s constitutional court has rejected a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is ...
Uganda's Constitutional Court is due to rule Wednesday on a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly ...
Anti-LGBTQ bills and new laws are spreading around the world, including in several African nations and the former Soviet ...
Uganda’s constitutional court has upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” ...
Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and possible death in ‘aggravated homosexuality’ cases. A view of the panel of five ...
Mutamba’s bill, however, may pass with Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act in effect. The country’s Constitutional Court earlier ...