Uganda: Top Ugandan Court Upholds Anti-Gay Law

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Uganda's Constitutional Court has rejected a bid to overturn its 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act.

"We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement," Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda's deputy chief justice and head of the court, said in the landmark ruling.

The United States imposed visa bans on unnamed officials in December for abusing human rights, including those of the LGBTQ community.announced in August that it would suspend new loans to the country because of the law, saying that it"fundamentally" contradicted the lender's values.

 

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