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Apr
06
2024
By SADIYA ANSARI
What you need to know about Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

What you need to know about Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

NEWS
A Ugandan court has upheld a sweeping law that introduced the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", leaving only one legal route to challenge some of the most punitive anti-LGBTQ+ measures in Africa. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of the so-called Anti-Homosexuality Act, while striking down some of its key sections, citing health and privacy concerns. Here's the big picture. What is the Anti-Homosexuality Act? The Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in May 2023, and its draconian measures have prompted U.S. and World Bank sanctions. While Uganda had long criminalised gay sex, the new law is harsher than its…
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Mar
20
2024
By The African Mirror
Prosecutors seek death penalty for mastermind of Vietnam’s largest financial scam

Prosecutors seek death penalty for mastermind of Vietnam’s largest financial scam

WORLD
VIETNAMESE prosecutors called for the death penalty to be handed to Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the Southeast Asian nation's largest financial fraud on record, state media said. Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, faces a trial in the economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City on accusations of leading a scam that caused damages of $20 billion, or about 4.9% of Vietnam's gross domestic product. The trial, expected to run until the end of April, is part of a campaign against graft that the leader of the ruling Communist Party, Nguyen Phu…
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Mar
17
2024
By The African Mirror
DRC lifts moratorium on death penalty

DRC lifts moratorium on death penalty

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic Congo has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty, citing treachery and espionage in recurring armed conflicts as the reason for allowing a resumption of executions, said a justice ministry circular seen by Reuters on Friday. The Central African country introduced the moratorium on the death penalty in early 2000. However, it has never been abolished. Justice Minister Rose Mutombo wrote in the circular dated March 13 that the death penalty was reintroduced to rid the army of traitors and curb the resurgence of terrorism and banditry acts. The decision was adopted by a council of ministers on…
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Jan
14
2024
By JOSEPH AX
US to seek death penalty against white supremacist Buffalo shooter

US to seek death penalty against white supremacist Buffalo shooter

WORLD
U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022, marking the first time the Biden administration has initiated capital punishment proceedings. The U.S. Justice Department in a court filing on Friday said it would seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron for killings motivated by his "animus toward Black persons." Gendron, who was 18 at the time of the mass shooting, has already pleaded guilty to separate state charges of murder and domestic terrorism and was sentenced last February to life in prison without the possibility…
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Oct
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Ugandan court moves toward hearing challenge to anti-gay law

Ugandan court moves toward hearing challenge to anti-gay law

NEWS
UGANDA'S Constitutional Court took a first step toward hearing a challenge to an anti-gay law that rights activists and Western governments have denounced as draconian. The Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in May, is one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws and punishes some same-sex acts with the death penalty. Lawyers in the case met before the court registrar and agreed to reconvene on October 12, when the matter will be forwarded to the court's judges to set a hearing date, Nicholas Opiyo, an attorney for the organisations contesting the law, told reporters. "Our prayer is that…
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May
30
2023
By The African Mirror
UGANDA: Death-penalty-for-LBGTQ+ law passed

UGANDA: Death-penalty-for-LBGTQ+ law passed

LGBTQIA+
UGANDA'S President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further. It stipulates capital punishment for "serial offenders" against the law and transmission of a terminal illness like HIV/AIDS through gay sex. It also decrees a 20-year sentence for "promoting" homosexuality. "The Ugandan president has today legalised state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia," said Clare Byarugaba, a Ugandan rights activist. United States President Joe Biden called the move "a…
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May
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Uganda passes draconian anti-LGBTQ+ law

Uganda passes draconian anti-LGBTQ+ law

NEWS
UGANDA'S parliament passed one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down. The new bill retains most of the harshest measures of the legislation adopted in March, which drew condemnation from the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and major corporations. The provisions retained in the new bill allow for the death penalty in cases of so-called "aggravated homosexuality", a term the government uses to describe actions including having gay sex when HIV-positive. It allows a 20-year…
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Dec
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Motor racing-Hamilton says Bahrain ‘death row’ letter hit home

Motor racing-Hamilton says Bahrain ‘death row’ letter hit home

NEWS
ALAN BALDWIN LEWIS Hamilton said he had been moved by a letter from the son of a man facing the death penalty in Bahrain and assured activists on Saturday he would not let rights issues go unnoticed. Campaigners sent letters to the seven-times Formula One world champion last month before the first of two grands prix in Bahrain. In them, they urged Hamilton to meet activists, wear a T-shirt with a message of support and discuss matters with the Crown Prince. Hamilton had said he needed time to digest the content of the letters. Asked for an update ahead of…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Bangladeshi protestors say death penalty not the answer to rise in rape

Bangladeshi protestors say death penalty not the answer to rise in rape

WORLD
NAIMUL KARIM PROTESTORS took to Dhaka's streets to demand action on rising rape cases in Bangladesh, saying a new law that expanded the use of the death penalty was not enough to bring about real change. Women's rights campaigners are demanding a root and branch reform of the legal system and more education to address what they say is a rising incidence of violence against women in Bangladesh. Earlier this month, the government changed the law to make rape committed by a single person punishable by death following protests triggered by an online video showing a group of men sexually…
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Jul
17
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Great first step’ as Sudan lifts death penalty and flogging for gay sex

‘Great first step’ as Sudan lifts death penalty and flogging for gay sex

NEWS
BAN BARKAWI and RACHEL SAVAGE SUDAN's decision to lift the death penalty and flogging as punishment for gay sex was hailed by LGBT+ activists on Thursday as a promising sign after almost four decades of Islamist rule, with calls for prison sentences to be abolished as well. Others criticised the relaxation of the law in conservative Sudan, where a transitional government has promised to lead the country to democracy after the toppling last year of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who had been in power since 1989. "These amendments are still not enough but they're a great first step for the transitional…
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