Faced with the international outcry, President Yoweri Museveni asked parliamentarians on April 26 to "re-examine" the text, urging them to clarify that "being homosexual" was not a crime but that only sexual relations were. In this country where homosexuality is illegal, "acts of homosexuality" are still punishable by life imprisonment. The bill must now go back to the president, who may or may not sign it into law. Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, a gay rights organization whose activities were suspended by the authorities last year, is not reassured by this amended version. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, denounced the text as "discriminatory - probably the worst of its kind in the world.

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2023 14:41 UTC