the country promulgates an “anti-homosexuality” law strongly criticized internationally

In Uganda, an “anti-homosexuality” law was enacted on May 29. “If you have sex with a person of the same sex, what is the penalty? Life imprisonment”, explains Asuman Basalirwa, a Ugandan MP who initiated this law. Compulsory conversion therapy, ban on speaking publicly about homosexuality… Repeat offenders could even be sentenced to death. This new law is considered one of the most repressive in the world.

Strong reactions internationally

“The law now imposes an obligation on everyone to report someone they suspect of being gay. This means that everyone in Uganda becomes a policeman or policewoman”, says Me Francis Tumwesigye, a Ugandan lawyer specializing in human rights. The text provoked strong reactions in the international community. The High Council for Human Rights has said to itself “dismayed”. US President Joe Biden, for his part, denounced a “tragic injury” to human rights.