Progressive voices across the world will have to double their efforts in countering the escalating threats to LGBT+ people in Africa amid wave of repressive laws.
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) signed by President Museveni in May 2023 has been upheld by the Constitutional Court. The court rejected appeals against the AHA despite acknowledging that sections of the act were incompatible with universally recognized human rights, including the right to health.
Indeed, Uganda is not the only country in the region to move towards harsh anti-LGBT+ laws. In February Ghana passed a new tough bill imposing a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBT+, and a maximum five-year jail term for forming or funding LGBT+ groups. The bill proposes a jail term of up to 10 years for anyone involved in LGBT+ advocacy campaigns aimed at children.
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Kenya is also considering legislation which could lead to 50-year prison sentence for non-consensual same-sex acts. Meanwhile Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye, has claimed that homosexuality is imported from the west, and gay people should be stoned to death.
The growing list of countries enacting anti-LGBT+ laws in the region has led some experts to predict that international health targets may not be achieved.
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