Nick Clegg: Uganda’s anti-gay law is an abhorrent backwards step
The British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has tweeted his strong opposition to Uganda’s anti-gay law, as the country’s President signed it into law today.
It further criminalises homosexuality in the country, implementing life jail sentences for those convicted multiple times.
Mr Clegg tweeted: “The Ugandan anti-gay law is an abhorrent backwards step for human rights. It should never be a crime to be LGBT.”
The Ugandan anti-gay law is an abhorrent backwards step for human rights. It should never be a crime to be LGBT.
— Nick Clegg (@nick_clegg) February 24, 2014
In December last year, Uganda’s Parliament passed legislation to toughen the punishment for same-sex sexual activity.
US President Barack Obama also warned him against doing so.
The new law punishes first-time offenders with 14 years in jail, and allows life imprisonment as the penalty for acts of “aggravated homosexuality”.
It also makes it a crime not to report gay people to the authorities. Lesbians are covered by the bill for the first time.
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