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Uganda's Constitutional Court Upholds Controversial Anti-Gay Law

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Uganda’s Constitutional Court rejects bid to overturn the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which imposes severe penalties for same-sex relations.

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. The legislation was adopted in May last year, triggering outrage among the LGBTQ community, rights campaigners, the United Nations and Western nations.

The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and contains provisions that make “aggravated homosexuality” an offence punishable by death

 

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