Uganda’s new law enables imprisonment of LGBT people for up to 14 years. And a death penalty will be given to those involved in “aggravated homosexuality”
Uganda's president has signed into law anti-LGBT legislation supported by many in this East African country.
But the new law still prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which is defined as cases of sexual relations involving people infected with HIV, as well as with minors and other categories of vulnerable people.
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