Constitutional court upholds anti-homosexuality law
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Uganda's Constitutional Court is due to rule Wednesday on a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned as one of the toughest in the world.Last month, a Ugandan court dismissed an appeal by a gay rights group seeking government registration, ruling that it aimed to promote "unlawful" activities.
Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to scrap a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. "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.
In a decisive ruling on Wednesday, Uganda’s Constitutional Court has upheld the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, rejecting efforts to annul one of the world's
Uganda’s constitutional court declined to nullify or suspend an Anti-Homosexuality law that prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.