Uganda Gay Human rights Abuse

       Statute: Section 140: Carnal knowledge against the order of nature

       Penalty: Life

       Restrictions: 

Statute

Section 140 Penal Code criminalizes "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. 

Section 141 prohibits "attempts at carnal knowledge" with a maximum penalty of 7 years' imprisonment. 

Section 143 punishes acts of, procurement of, or attempts to procure acts of "gross indecency" between men in public or private with up to 5 years imprisonment. 

Homosexual acts between women are not mentioned (PB)

Uganda gay rights News archives

-          Government promises  to arrest Gay Ugandan Christian-13th April 2006

-          church expels bishop ssenyonjo  27/3/2006

-          strengthen counselling services — nsibambi  22/3/2006

-          rising homosexuality among prisoners irks byabashaija 21/3/2006

-          stuck in the closet - gays left out of hiv/aids strategy 17/3/2006

-          makerere university to fight sex crimes 12/3/2006

-          truth of the matter about gay and lesbian Ugandans and the politics of pretence 14/12/2005

-          Uganda’s targeting of gays and ban on same-sex marriage condemned 12/10/2005

-          Church Schism Feared Despite Deal on Gays - Guardian, February 26, 2005

-          U.K. Denies Visa to Gay Ugandan Man - Gay.com U.K., February 1, 2005

-          Gay Ugandan Refused Entry to UK Because Homosexuality Is Illegal in His Homeland - 365Gay.com, January 31, 2005

-          Disease, Overcrowding Raging in Jailhouses - December 5, 2004

-          Uganda Warns UN Not to Give Gays AIDS Information - November 30, 2004

-          Criminal Responsibility for Homosexual Activities Likely to Be Introduced in Russia - October 5, 2004

-          Uganda Fines Radio Station After Gays Interviewed - October 4, 2004

-          Uganda Fines Radio Station for Gay Show - October 4, 2004

-          Prejudice in Uganda by Eric Beauchemin, 12 January 2004

-          Lesbian Student Punished for Sexuality Rumours Kills Herself - December 19, 2003

-          MPs Warn Aid Donors on Gay Lobby - November 7, 2003

-          ‘My Life as a Gay Ugandan Christian’ - October 27, 2003

-          Uganda Gays To Gov’t: Give Us Civil Rights Or We Form Our Own Party - October 6, 2003

-          Ugandan President Seeks Gay Arrests - October 2, 2001

-          Gay Abuse in Uganda Gets U.S. Attention - July 10, 2001

-          Church Soft on Pro-Gay Bishop, Says Minister - May 20, 2001

-          Gay Anglicans Spring Activist from Ugandan Prison - April 6, 2000

-          MPs for Big Homosexual Debate Today - November 28, 1999

-          Museveni Still Tough On Homosexuals - November 24, 1999

-          Church Backs Museveni Against Homosexuality - November 14, 1999

-          Arrests of Gay Men Have Begun in Uganda - November 1, 1999

-          Homophobia Strikes Uganda - October 26, 1999

-          U.S. Concerned about Museveni Remarks - October 15, 1999

-          Mazrui Attacks Museveni Over Homo Arrests - October 6, 1999

-          Uganda Homosexuals Ordered Arrested - September 29, 1999

-          84% Reject Homosexuals - September 29, 1999

-          Arrest Homos, Says Museveni - September 28, 1999

-          Ugandan President Orders Arrest of Gays - September 28, 1999