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UGANDAN PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-GAY BILL INTO LAW

UGANDA IS A NO GO ZONE TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

By Nyamu KarimiPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

President YOWERI MUSEVENI he has rose to the disputable anti-homosexuality Charge in spite of condemnation of Western nations and human rights activists the charge was to begin with passed by MPS in Walk but was returned to the parliament for corrections within the modern law the offense of homosexuality is presently restricted to cheerful sexual acts and individuals indicted beneath these Clause confront life detainment the enactment moreover endorses passing punishment for exasperated offenses in cases of sexual manhandle against a minor a impaired individual or where a casualty of manhandle is tainted with a deep rooted ailment.

Are we supposed to go how did we become refugees in our own countries the new law punishes gay sex with a life sentence for the crime of promoting homosexuality 20 years it was watered down from an earlier version that criminalized merely identifying as lgbtq but this version imposes even harsher penalties for what it calls aggravated homosexuality same-sex relations involving children people with HIV or other vulnerable people when you commit aggravated homosexuality the law says you shall be liable to suffer death across the globe outrage President Biden calling it shameful the U.S saying it will directly impede American Aid to Uganda including in fighting HIV AIDS the enactment of uganda's anti-homosexual homosexuality Act is a tragic violation of human rights of universal human rights even Republican senator Ted Cruz not known as a champion of LGBT rights calling it grotesque an

Abomination while Secretary of State Anthony blinken breton's Visa bans on Ugandan officials but in Uganda the Lost Chief backer brushing off U.S threats not all of us be subjected in fact let all ugandans be denied the visas to America Canada and and the European Union as Ugandan lawyers challenge the law in constitutional Court other African nations may follow uganda's example already 32 of Africa's 54 Nations criminalize homosexuality those countries make up nearly half of the 67 countries globally where being gay is a crime in Kenya Tanzania and Ghana there are campaigns underway to replicate the new Ugandan law we are delighted to know that Uganda has been able to set the pace it's a good thing that other countries are also taking up this issue.

Are lgbtq Furthermore definitely it truly shifts over the landmass Halle there are a modest bunch of other nations in expansion to uh this one that do have uh Sharia law as portion of their criminal frameworks and so do have the passing punishment on the books as a potential discipline for homosexuality uh at that point there are other nations like Tanzania and Sudan where they have a life sentence as the most extreme discipline accessible beneath the law for cheerful sex acts but at that point there are nations that have more restricted measures such as Tanzania where it is unlawful to supply condoms and Lube to centers that bargain for example with HIV & Helps disease but it's not almost about the formal laws on the book Quip since indeed in nations in Africa where there are not laws that unequivocally Ban homosexuality there are exceptionally tall rates of homophobic wrongdoing and indeed violence targeting lgbtq individuals and on the flip side of this as it were one nation within the whole landmass has legalized same-sex marriage that nation is South Africa Ali Josh Letterman thank you exceptionally much

The leaders said “we have no choice but to stand our ground something else in the event that we don't stand our ground typically what is attending to happen following time they will bring another condition on our claim our laws do not pass this law in the event that you are doing so at that point X Y and Z is likely to happen so on the off chance that we do not stand our ground as a nation as a individuals as a community at that point we are going totally have withdrawn our sway and Freedom as a country”

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Nyamu Karimi

HAVING TRAVELLED TO 3 CONTINENTS OVER 108 COUNTRIES AND EXPERIENCED LIFE TO THE EXTREME LEVELS, I HAVE STORIES TO SHARE.

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  • Nathan Chen3 years ago

    This is so sad. It's 2023 and it breaks my heart that we see news like this even today

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