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Alarming Advertisement Calls for Reinstating Death Penalty for Gay People on Social Media Platform X (Twitter)
Read about an alarming advertisement advocating for the implementation of the death penalty for homosexuality on social media platform X (Twitter).
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The first Ugandan has been charged with «aggravated homosexuality», punishable by death
In May, the government passed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, mandating life in prison for same-sex intercourse and the death penalty in some cases.
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Ted Cruz criticises Uganda’s «horrific» anti-LGBTQ law, and some of his supporters respond negatively
Cruz, a longtime opponent of LGBTQ rights in the U.S, claimed in a Twitter post that the death penalty for homosexuality was an excessive measure.
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Uganda: IBAHRI criticises a bill that increases the use of the death penalty against LGBTQI+ people
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which includes the death penalty for «aggravated homosexuality», is harshly condemned by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI).
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Reforms in Sudan Result in Removal of Death Penalty and Flogging for Same-Sex Relations
About 14 days several legal reforms were passed by the Sovereign Council of Sudan, including banning of female genital mutilation, removal of an apostasy law which punished abandonment of Islam with death by stoning, as well as banning public flogging.
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UK: Conservative Party scrapped Brunei-owned hotel event over anti-gay laws
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt called off the fundraiser for the governing Conservative Party after Brunei introduced the death penalty for gay sex among several harsh new sharia laws.