Uganda to drop death penalty from bill criminalizing homosexuality
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Uganda to drop death penalty from bill criminalizing homosexuality
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by Legal Help Published on 02-10-2012 08:26 PM
[JURIST] Ugandan MP David Bahati announced on Friday that clauses mandating the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" would be dropped from the controversial bill that would criminalize homosexuality. The bill was reintroduced [JURIST report] to the Parliament of Uganda [official website] on Tuesday in its original form, but Bahati stated that there were plans to remove certain provisions. Bahati said in 2010 that the purpose of the bill was to prevent foreigners from corrupting Ugandan children [YouTube video] by giving...
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