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Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty [View all]
Source: BBC
7 February 2012 Last updated at 17:57 GMT
Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty
A Ugandan MP has revived a controversial anti-gay bill but dropped the provision for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.
A BBC correspondent says MPs laughed, clapped and cried out: "Our bill, our bill," when its architect David Bahati reintroduced the draft legislation on Tuesday.
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill was shelved in 2011 after an international outcry.
It still increases the punishment to life in prison for homosexual offences.
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Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty
A Ugandan MP has revived a controversial anti-gay bill but dropped the provision for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.
A BBC correspondent says MPs laughed, clapped and cried out: "Our bill, our bill," when its architect David Bahati reintroduced the draft legislation on Tuesday.
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill was shelved in 2011 after an international outcry.
It still increases the punishment to life in prison for homosexual offences.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16928608
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