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Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with fundamental human rights.
Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with certain fundamental human rights. The legislation, adopted in May last year, is among the world's harshest anti-gay laws and has drawn condemnation from rights campaigners and sanctions from Western nations.
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s constitutional court refused on Wednesday to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions that
A Ugandan court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by an LGBT advocacy group seeking to compel the government to register it, a lawyer for the petitioner said. ... -March 12, 2024 at 08:46 am EDT - MarketScreener
A Ugandan court has dismissed a petition by an LGBT advocacy group seeking to compel the government to register it. Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) first filed the suit in the country's high court in 2015 after the government's registrar of companies refused to list it - which would allow the organisation to operate legally - saying its name was "undesirable".