Uganda MP to drop death clause in anti-gay bill
- Published: 10/02/2012 at 07:32 PM
- Online news: World
A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses seeking the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.
Mourners at last year's funeral of Ugandan gay activist David Kato following his murder. A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses that would see the death penalty introduced for certain homosexual acts.
"There will be no death penalty at all... that will go," David Bahati, the legislator who formulated the bill, told AFP.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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