Uganda rights activists file appeal against ruling on anti-LGBTQ law


FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the LGBTQ+ community protest against Uganda as they take part in the annual Christopher Street Day Pride march (CSD), in Munich, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Fariha Farooqui/File Photo

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.

An April ruling by the country's constitutional court declined to void Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a move requested by the activists who argued the law violated fundamental rights and was unconstitutional.

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