Kenya is considering the Family Protection Bill 2023, which could lead to 50-year prison sentences for non-consensual same-sex acts. Sponsored by Homa Bay Town legislator Peter Kaluma, the bill aims to ban homosexuality, same-sex unions, and LGBTQ activities and campaigns. It also intends to prohibit gay parades, assemblies, marches, and public cross-dressing. According to the…
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First Ugandan charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’ punishable by death
A 20-year-old Ugandan man has become the first individual in the country to be indicted on charges of “aggravated homosexuality,” a criminal offense carrying the possibility of capital punishment as per the recently enacted anti-gay legislation, according to both prosecutors and the defendant’s legal counsel. Despite international pressure from Western governments and human rights organizations,…
Iran President Praises Uganda Anti- LGBTQ Law
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was in Zimbabwe Thursday, wrapping up a three-nation Africa visit that also took him to Kenya and Uganda. While in Uganda, Raisi said the West was promoting homosexuality in order to end what he called the “generation of human beings.” Raisi’s visit came after Uganda in May signed a law with…
US updates travel advice due to Uganda’s Anti-LGBT law as American Pastors Curse Politicians for Imposing Evil on poor countries.
The United States has updated its travel advice for Uganda, following the promulgation in May of the “Anti-Homosexuality Law 2023”, considered to be one of the most repressive in the world, according to a note published Monday evening by the State Department. The law provides for heavy penalties for people who have homosexual relations and…
Leaked report shows intent to criminalise gay activities, Big Donors Cited and 22 NGOs investigated.
By Jacobs Odongo Seaman The government should “comprehensively criminalise” activities that promote homosexuality in the country and lay down stringent requirements for registration of civil society organisations, a leaked report reveals. The report by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations or NGO Bureau shows the government’s intention to clamp stronger shackles on the Lesbian, Gay,…
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