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The Uganda law Society has warned that the reintroduction of a draconian anti gay-bill in parliament last week “Would institutionalise discrimination against those ‘who are, or thought to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.”
James Mukasa Sebugenyi, the Law Society president, was quoted in today’s Daily Monitor newspaper (Friday February 24) as saying the bill would violate the rights to freedom of expression, thought, peaceful assembly, association, liberty and security of the person and privacy among others.
Sebugenyi told the Daily Monitor newspaper, “The bill would further purport to criminalise the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality, compel HIV testing in certain circumstances, impose life sentences for entering into a same-sex marriage, introduce the death penalty for ‘aggravated’ homosexuality, as well as punish those who fail to report knowledge of any violations of its provisions within 24 hours.”.
The Uganda Law Society is a professional body of all lawyers in the country whose objectives include, assisting the public in Uganda in matters touching or incidental to the law and assisting the Government and the courts in all matters affecting legislation and the administration and practice of the law in Uganda.
Sebugenyi said the Constitution already has relevant provisions for promoting, protection and non-criminalisation of minority activities as long as they are not contrary to the law.
Sebugenyi told Behind the Mask in July last year after assuming office at the ULS that homosexuality was “a social and not a legal issue” and everyone must look at it from that perspective.
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