Twenty-year-old could face death penalty after anti-LGBTQ+ legislation was introduced this year
Ugandan prosecutors have charged a man with “aggravated homosexuality” under anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced this year that makes the offence punishable by death.
The law – considered one of the harshest of its kind in the world – also includes penalties for consensual same-sex relations of up to life in prison.
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