Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023
The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 is an act of the Parliament of Uganda that restricts freedom of speech on LGBT civil rights and introduces harsher penalties for certain types of homosexual acts. On 21 March 2023, the bill was read a third time,... Wikipedia
Assented to: 26 May 2023
Citation: Act No. 6 of 2023
Committee responsible: Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Introduced by: Asuman Basalirwa (JEEMA)
Passed: 21 March 2023
Voting summary: 348 voted for; 1 voted against; 208 absent
On March 21, 2023, the Ugandan Parliament passed legislation that further criminalizes the identities and behavior of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ...
The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 is an act of the Parliament of Uganda that restricts freedom of speech on LGBT civil rights and introduces harsher ...
May 4, 2023 · An Act to prohibit any form of sexual relations between persons of the same sex; to prohibit the promotion or recognition of sexual relations ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Uganda's Constitutional Court on April 3, 2024 upheld the abusive and radical provisions of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights ...
May 29, 2023 · Responding to the news that President Yoweri Museveni assented to Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which criminalizes same-sex sexual ...
May 3, 2023 · President Museveni, after consulting the attorney general, returned the bill to parliament for amendments, allegedly to bring it more in line ...
May 30, 2023 · Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed a bill criminalizing same sex conduct, including potentially the death penalty for those ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Uganda's constitutional court refused on Wednesday to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain ...
An Act to prohibit any form of sexual relations between persons of the same sex; to prohibit the promotion or recognition of sexual relations between persons of ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations.