Uganda passed a bill on Wednesday that made some homosexual acts punishable by death - a law the White House in the United ...
and the death sentence for 'aggravated homosexuality.' Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera tells As It Happens host Nil Köksal why she will continue to fight back.
Leilah Babirye—who fled to the US in 2015—slams legislation which also introduces sentences of up to 20 years for "the offence of homosexuality" ...
Members of Uganda's LGBTQ community are in shock and fear being arrested after parliament passed a new law that makes it a ...
Ugandan activist vows to keep speaking out despite ... Sudbury LGBT woman from Uganda says she can't go back: 'It's like a death sentence' Queeries This new film shows the uniquely complicated ...
Due to his support for the legislation, it is expected that the President of Uganda will sign the anti-LGBTQ bill into law.
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, a lesbian activist in Kampala, said efforts to overturn the legislation would continue. “We shall continue to fight this injustice. This lesbian woman is Ugandan ...
Uganda’s parliament passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that criminalizes homosexuality, with penalties that include death or life in ...
It would impose the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality ... “People are going to become homeless,” said Frank Mugisha, an LGBTQ activist in Uganda whose organization was ...
The death penalty would be applied to people ... Frank Mugisha, one of few openly gay activists in Uganda, said that he was already receiving calls and text messages from people worried for ...
An overwhelming majority passed among the toughest anti-gay laws in the world late on Tuesday night, and ruling party MPs like Musa Ecweru echoed the sentiments of many in the chamber. MUSA ECWERU: In ...
KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ community ... to identify as gay and impose tough sentences that include the death penalty in certain cases, an activist said Wednesday.
