This Monday, the western hemisphere began the week with the news that the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, signed a law against the toughest LGBTQ community in the world, which contemplates the strongest penal measures against sex diversity, where the death penalty It is a sentence against those who practice what the Ugandan president called aggravated homosexuality.
The bill penalizes sexual education for the gay community, making it illegal in that country not to report to the police those who are called perpetrators of aggravated homosexuality. In addition, this law requires that they carry out what they called “rehabilitation treatments against homosexual offenders”, which would be part of the sentence given to people from the LGBTQ community in the African country.
As part of the law, the death penalty will be contemplated against people who abuse a minor of the same sex, have sexual relations while being HIV-positive and incest. According to the Speaker of the Uganda Parliament, Anita Annet Among, the signing of the bill is a response to the cries of our people. Previous law in the Ugandan legislature required any suspected homosexual activity to be reported to the Police or else they could face six months in prison.
Due to this, on the afternoon of this Monday the United Nations Office for Human Rights declared that it was horrified by the approval of this law against homosexuality in Uganda, which includes long prison sentences. “It is a recipe for future systematic violations of LGBTIQ people and for the population in general, creating a conflict with the constitution and international treaties, for which an urgent judicial review should be carried out,” the agency added in a statement.
The new legislation in Uganda was also condemned by the Joint UN Program against HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), which expressed its deep concern about the consequences that the new legislation may have for HIV-positive people. “It will hamper the health education and commitment needed to end AIDS as a public health threat,” the agencies said.
With information from EFE and CNN
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