Tag: Yoweri Museveni

The UK government has been found to be providing financial support to a staunchly homophobic religious group in Uganda, according to a report by the Institute for Journalism and Social Change (IJSC). The organisation, known as the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), and its leaders supported a proposed law...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign a controversial new bill against homosexuality that includes the death penalty in some cases - instead, requesting that the bill be amended. Museveni's decision was announced after a meeting of parliamentarians in his ruling party, who agreed to return the bill...