Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday said an anti-gay law he signed last year was “not necessary” because his country already bans consensual same-sex sexual relations.
The Associated Press reported that Museveni told reporters in Tokyo that the Anti-Homosexuality Act “was not necessary because we already have a law which was left by the British which deals with this issue.”
Museveni in February 2014 signed the statute under which those convicted of repeated same-sex sexual acts faced life in prison.
His decision to sign the Anti-Homosexuality Act sparked outrage among LGBT rights advocates in Uganda and around the world. Read more
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