Ugandan president signs anti-gay bill into law

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a bill passed my Uganda’s parliament last December which will punish anyone convicted of ‘homosexual’ acts with life in prison. The original legislation called for executing anyone found to have performed ‘homosexual’ acts, but that provision was dropped but homophobic attacks have been widely encouraged throughout the country, often assisted by newspapers publishing the names and addresses of gay Ugandans. On 7 November, the European Court of Justice rules that gays from Uganda (as well as Sierra Leone and Senegal) were eligible for asylum in any European Union countries (including the UK).