Activists file a petition at Uganda’s constitutional court against the country’s anti-LGBTQ law. Adrian Jjuuko, a lawyer and executive director of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, and his colleagues delivered the petition
A general view shows the entrance to the Ugandan Parliament building on the day of the passing of the anti-Homosexuality bill, during a sitting at the Parliament Buildings, in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowais among the world's harshest, stipulating capital punishment for "serial offenders".
* Death penalty for the offence of "aggravated homosexuality" - which includes transmitting terminal illnesses like HIV/AIDS through gay sex and having same-sex relations with a person with a disability.
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