Article 6B0F5 Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill

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Samuel Okiror in Kampala
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Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to parliament for reconsideration

Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, has refused to sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that imposes the death penalty for homosexuality, requesting that it be returned to parliament for reconsideration.

The decision was announced on Thursday after a meeting between the president and ruling party MPs who resolved to return the hardline bill to the national assembly with proposals for its improvement".

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