Towleroad Reports
Ugandan MP David Bahati introduced a bill into Parliament that calls for the death penalty for those guilty of “aggravated homosexuality”.
New Vision reports:
“A person commits aggravated homosexuality when the victim is a person with disability or below the age of 18, or when the offender is HIV-positive. The bill thus equates aggravated homosexuality to aggravated defilement among people of different sexes, which also carries the death sentence. The Bill, entitled the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, also states that anyone who commits the offence of homosexuality will be liable to life imprisonment. This was already the case under the current Penal Code Act. However, it gives a broader definition of the offence of homosexuality. A person charged with the offence will have to undergo a mandatory medical examination to ascertain his or her HIV status. The bill further states that anybody who ‘attempts to commit the offence’ is liable to imprisonment for seven years.’ The same applies
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