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Uganda’s President Says ‘No One Will Move Us’ on Anti-Gay Law


Last Updated: June 01, 2023, 02:35 IST

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. (Reuters File Photo)

Uganda’s law includes a potential death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday defied international calls to rescind an anti-gay law seen as one of the world’s harshest, including a potential death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”.

“The signing of the bill is finished, no one will move us,” Museveni said in a statement by his office after a meeting with members of his National Resistance Movement party.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)



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