Ugandan President Signs Anti-LGBTQ Bill With Death Penalty

Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president

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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed into law legislation with harsher penalties for LGBTQ people, including death and life-imprisonment sentences.

The president “has assented” to the bill, which now becomes law, his office announced in a post on its Twitter account.