{"id":26757,"date":"2023-05-30T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26757"},"modified":"2023-05-30T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T23:18:45","slug":"ugandan-leader-ripped-for-grave-assault-on-human-rights-after-signing-kill-the-gays-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/ugandan-leader-ripped-for-grave-assault-on-human-rights-after-signing-kill-the-gays-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan Leader Ripped for ‘Grave Assault on Human Rights’ After Signing ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Emira Woods, an activist with the group Africans Rising for Justice Peace and Dignity, speaks during a protest against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill outside the Ugandan Embassy in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 (Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is a desperately dark day for LGBTI rights and for Uganda,” said Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for East and Southern Africa.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 29, 2023 (ColmmonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights defenders around the world on Monday condemned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after he signed a bill criminalizing same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults and imposing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Museveni, who is 78 and has ruled the African nation for nearly four decades, signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2023<\/a>, under which people convicted of “aggravated homosexuality”\u2014that is, same-sex sexual acts by HIV-positive people or with children, disabled people, or anyone deemed vulnerable\u2014can be hanged to death. The law punishes same-sex acts with life imprisonment and attempted same-sex acts with 10 years behind bars. It also criminalizes the “promotion” of LGBTQ+ rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill was initially\u00a0rejected<\/a>\u00a0by Museveni last month because he wanted it amended to include a “rehabilitation” option for LGBTQ+ people who “would like to live normal lives again,” according to a presidential spokesperson. The legislation builds on a 2013 law under which life imprisonment was the most severe penalty for same-sex relations. Museveni has said that he finds gay people “disgusting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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