Two Ugandan women arrested for kissing in public – police

KAMPALA — Two Ugandan women were arrested for kissing in public, a police spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday, under an anti-gay law considered among the harshest in the world. Uganda’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act imposes penalties of up to life imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations, while “aggravated homosexuality” is punishable by death. The two women, both in their 20s, were arrested following a complaint from neighbours in the northwestern city of Arua, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) north of the capital, Kampala. READ: Ugandan man charged with aggravated homosexuality, could face the death penalty They have been held in detention without […]... Keep on reading: Two Ugandan women arrested for kissing in public – police