Ugandan MPs this week approved a draconian new bill that makes identifying as LGBTIQ punishable by life imprisonment, and advocates the death penalty in certain cases.
It also penalises individuals and organisations who “promote” homosexuality, and imposes a duty on Ugandans to report people in same-sex relationships to the authorities.
Only two out of 389 MPs voted against the bill, which is now widely expected to be signed into law by president Yoweri Museveni.
