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Ugandan president signs anti-gay law

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda but the new law is among the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world

Activists in the country have called it a 鈥渄ark day鈥�. We speak to one LGBT activist about how the community will be affected.

Also on the programme: Russia launches a daytime attack on Ukraine鈥檚 capital Kyiv; and Turkey wakes up to five more years of Erdogan.

(File photo shows protest in South Africa in support of Uganda鈥檚 LGBT community. CREDIT: Reuters)

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Mon 29 May 2023 20:06GMT
大象传媒 World Service & 大象传媒 Afghan Radio

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