Activists picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill at the Uganda High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images)Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed an anti-homosexuality law prescribing decades-long prison sentences—and even the death penalty—as punishment for certain types of homosexual activity, parliamentary lawmakers confirmed Monday. All but two of the country’s 389 members of parliament voted for the law, and affected Ugandans are outraged and alarmed—but not necessarily surprised. After all, a similar law was passed in 2014 before being overturned on a technicality after international outcry. I don’t want another decade of where we are.”

Source: International New York Times May 31, 2023 16:16 UTC