Uganda top court declines to block controversial anti-gay law, but sees some rights infringed

Uganda's Constitutional Court has confirmed the “Anti-Homosexuality Act” and deleted only a few passages. In the background is the sprawling lobbying of Christian fundamentalists from the USA.

US Supreme Court ruling cited as Uganda upholds anti-gay death penalty

The conservative majority's ruling to invalidate Roe v. Wade was noted as justification to uphold Uganda's death penalty law for some gay people.

Uganda: Court Upholds Anti-Homosexuality Act

Click to expand Image Gay Ugandan refugees who fled from their country to neighboring Kenya, return after shopping for food in Nairobi, Kenya, June 11, 2020. 2020 Brian Inganga/AP Photo (Nairobi) - Uganda's Constitutional Court on April 3, 2024, upheld the abusive and radical provisions of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling further entrenches discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (

Ugandan judges uphold a draconian anti-gay law

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Ugandan court rejects bid to scrap anti-gay law

Petitioners against the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which has subjected Uganda to Western sanctions, demanded its nullification

Mixed reactions in Uganda after constitutional court rejects bid to nullify anti-homosexuality laws

The law is supported by many in the East African country, where some see it as behaviour imported from abroad and not a sexual orientation.