Uganda Parliament Passes New Anti-LGBTTIQ+ Bill
- March 21, 2023
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The Ugandan Parliament today passed a bill that would provide for up to ten years in prison for people who are in a same-sex relationship or identify as
The Ugandan Parliament today passed a bill that would provide for up to ten years in prison for people who are in a same-sex relationship or identify as part of a group Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, transgender, transgender, intersex, homosexual and others (LGBTQ+).
“In any situation, we always work for the people of Uganda. We will always legislate for our people,” Ugandan Parliament Speaker Anita Ming said as she closed the meeting, which after a six-hour debate, 73% of over 500 deputies approved this new bill.
For the project to be included in the criminal code of the country, at least It must be ratified by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who last Thursday called homosexuals “abnormalities.” and accused the West of wanting to impose this sexual attraction on Africa.
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“Homosexuality is a threat to humanity, and what we are discussing is the preservation of humanity,” Francis Ekweru, Minister of State for Public Works and Transport, said during a debate on the bill in Parliament on Tuesday.
“I have been to some hospitals and seen children with a torn anus. The doctors told me that they were raped by homosexuals,” he added.
However, there were some voices against the bill, such as Fox Odoi, an MP from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).“(The bill) contains provisions that are unconstitutional, nullifying the achievements recorded in the fight against gender-based violence. and criminalizes people instead of behavior contrary to the provisions of the law,” he said.
In addition to punishing belonging to an LGBTQIQ+ collective, the bill also proposes to sentence to five years in prison those who try to “promote” “homosexuality”.
“One of the most extreme features of this new bill is that it criminalizes people as they are, in addition to further restricting the rights to privacy, freedom of expression and association,” noted earlier this month one researcher from Uganda for Human Rights. human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), Orem Nyeko.
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In 2014, Ugandan legislators had already approved a bill that would provide for life imprisonment for homosexuals, but the country’s Constitutional Court eventually annulled the law, condemned by many Western countries, saying there was not a sufficient quorum in parliament when it was voted on.
Currently, Uganda’s penal code is dominated by a law dating from 1950, 11 years before the country gained independence from the United Kingdom, which punishes same-sex carnal relations with up to seven years in prison.
Of the nearly 70 countries around the world that criminalize same-sex relationships, more than 30 are in Africa, where most laws of this type are inherited from the colonial period.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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