Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has summoned ruling party lawmakers to a meeting Thursday to discuss draconian anti-gay legislation that has been roundly condemned by the international community and rights campaigners.
Parliament last month approved the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which calls for harsh penalties for anyone who engages in same-sex activity.
Museveni’s assent is required for it to become law and has faced widespread calls to reject what has been criticised as among the world’s harshest anti-gay legislation.
Under the bill, anyone who engages in same-sex activity could face life imprisonment while repeat offenders could be sentenced to death, according to activists.
A letter was sent by the ruling National Resistance Movement’s…
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