Editing Uganda (section)

===Human rights===
{{Main|Human rights in Uganda}}
There are many areas which continue to attract concern when it comes to human rights in Uganda.

Conflict in the northern parts of the country continues to generate reports of abuses by both the rebel [[Lord's Resistance Army]] (LRA), led by [[Joseph Kony]], and the [[Uganda People's Defence Force|Ugandan Army]]. A UN official accused the LRA in February 2009 of "appalling brutality" in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jjDmW-YliFMFYnBOvy5bwN3-Ggtg |title=AFP: Attacks of 'appalling brutality' in DR Congo: UN |date=10 February 2009 |access-date=29 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525014006/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jjDmW-YliFMFYnBOvy5bwN3-Ggtg |archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref>

The number of [[internally displaced persons]] is estimated at 1.4&nbsp;million. Torture continues to be a widespread practice amongst security organisations. Attacks on political freedom in the country, including the arrest and beating of opposition members of parliament, have led to international criticism, culminating in May 2005 in a decision by the British government to withhold part of its aid to the country. The arrest of the main opposition leader [[Kizza Besigye]] and the siege of the [[High Court (Uganda)|High Court]] during a hearing of Besigye's case by heavily armed security forces – before the [[2006 Ugandan general election|February 2006 elections]] – led to condemnation.<ref name="hrw1">[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/12/19/uganda12321.htm "Uganda: Respect Opposition Right to Campaign"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929140756/http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/12/19/uganda12321.htm |date=29 September 2007 }}, ''[[Human Rights Watch]]'', 19 December 2005</ref>

[[Child labour]] is common in Uganda. Many child workers are active in agriculture.<ref name="unhcr.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20131219212950/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,USDOL,,UGA,4e8c3993d,0.html Refworld |2010 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor – Uganda]. UNHCR (3 October 2011). Retrieved 24 March 2013.</ref> Children who work on tobacco farms in Uganda are exposed to health hazards.<ref name="unhcr.org"/> Child domestic servants in Uganda risk [[sexual abuse]].<ref name="unhcr.org"/> [[Trafficking of children]] occurs.<ref name="unhcr.org"/> [[Slavery]] and [[forced labour]] are prohibited by the Ugandan constitution.<ref name="unhcr.org"/>

The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants reported several violations of refugee rights in 2007, including forcible deportations by the Ugandan government and violence directed against refugees.<ref name="World Refugee Survey 2008">{{cite news | title=World Refugee Survey 2008 | publisher=U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants | date=19 June 2008 | url=http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=2114&subm=179&area=Investigate | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226131331/http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=2114&subm=179&area=Investigate | archive-date=26 February 2009}}</ref>

Torture and extrajudicial killings have been a pervasive problem in Uganda in recent years. For instance, according to a 2012 US State Department report, "the African Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation for Torture Victims registered 170 allegations of torture against police, 214 against the UPDF, 1 against military police, 23 against the Special Investigations Unit, 361 against unspecified security personnel, and 24 against prison officials" between January and September 2012.<ref name="Uganda 2012 Human Rights Report"/>
[[File:Hillary Rodham Clinton with 2011 Human Rights Defender Award recipients.jpg|thumb|Hillary Rodham Clinton with 2011 Human Rights Defender Award recipients]]
In September 2009, Museveni refused Kabaka Muwenda Mutebi, the Baganda king, permission to visit some areas of Buganda Kingdom, particularly the Kayunga district. Riots occurred and over 40 people were killed while others still remain imprisoned. Furthermore, 9 more people were killed during the April 2011 "Walk to Work" demonstrations. According to the Humans Rights Watch 2013 World Report on Uganda, the government has failed to investigate the killings associated with both of these events.<ref>Human Rights Watch. (2013). [https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/uganda World Report 2013 (Uganda)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082641/https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/uganda |date=1 July 2016 }}.</ref>

====LGBT rights====
{{Main|LGBT rights in Uganda}}
{{update section|date=September 2023}}
[[File:Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill protest.jpg|thumb|upright|A 2009 protest in [[New York City]] against Uganda's [[Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014|first Anti-Homosexuality Bill]]]]

In 2007, a newspaper, the ''[[Red Pepper (newspaper)|Red Pepper]]'', published a list of allegedly gay men; as a result, many of the men listed suffered harassment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Africa/Uganda |title=Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people |access-date=27 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311201758/http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Africa/Uganda |archive-date=11 March 2008}}, Amnesty International Report 2007 Uganda.</ref>

On 9 October 2010, the Ugandan newspaper ''[[Rolling Stone (Uganda)|Rolling Stone]]'' published a front-page article titled "100 Pictures of Uganda's Top Homos Leak" that listed the names, addresses, and photographs of 100 homosexuals alongside a yellow banner that read "Hang Them."<ref name="Guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/21/ugandan-paper-gay-people-hanged "Ugandan paper calls for gay people to be hanged"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811170441/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/21/ugandan-paper-gay-people-hanged |date=11 August 2020 }}, Xan Rice, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 21 October 2010.</ref> The paper also alleged [[homosexual recruitment]] of Ugandan children. The publication attracted international attention and criticism from human rights organisations, such as [[Amnesty International]],<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-%E2%80%98i-have-watch-my-back-more-ever%E2%80%99-2010-11-05 "Ugandan gay rights activist: 'I have to watch my back more than ever'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204151737/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-%E2%80%98i-have-watch-my-back-more-ever%E2%80%99-2010-11-05 |date=4 December 2014 }}, 5 November 2010.</ref> [[No Peace Without Justice]]<ref>[http://www.npwj.org/Other/Uganda-Stop-homophobic-campaign-launched-Rolling-Stone-tabloid.html-0 "Uganda: Stop homophobic campaign launched by ''Rolling Stone'' tabloid"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101102044/http://www.npwj.org/Other/Uganda-Stop-homophobic-campaign-launched-Rolling-Stone-tabloid.html-0 |date=1 January 2011 }}, 14 October 2010, [[No Peace Without Justice]].</ref> and the [[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]].<ref name="ILGA">[http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mE8jac21Q7 "Uganda Newspaper Published Names/Photos of LGBT Activists and HRDs – Cover Says 'Hang Them'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201032313/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mE8jac21Q7 |date=1 February 2011 }}, [[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]].</ref> According to [[gay rights]] activists, many Ugandans have been attacked since the publication.<ref name="Independent">Akam, Simon (22 October 2010), [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/outcry-as-ugandan-paper-names-top-homosexuals-2113348.html "Outcry as Ugandan paper names 'top homosexuals'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927052258/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/outcry-as-ugandan-paper-names-top-homosexuals-2113348.html |date=27 September 2020 }}, ''[[The Independent]]''.</ref> On 27 January 2011, gay rights activist [[David Kato]] was murdered.<ref name="BBC">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12295718 "Uganda gay rights activist David Kato killed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006175942/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12295718 |date=6 October 2021 }}, 27 January 2011, [[BBC News]].</ref>

In 2009, the Ugandan parliament considered an [[Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill|Anti-Homosexuality Bill]] which would have broadened the criminalisation of homosexuality by introducing the death penalty for people who have previous convictions, or are HIV-positive, and engage in same-sex sexual acts. The bill included provisions for Ugandans who engage in same-sex sexual relations outside of Uganda, asserting that they may be [[extradition|extradited]] back to Uganda for punishment, and included penalties for individuals, companies, media organisations, or non-governmental organizations that support legal protection for homosexuality or sodomy. On 14 October 2009, MP [[David Bahati]] submitted the [[private member's bill]] and was believed to have had widespread support in the Uganda parliament.<ref name=Harpers2010>{{Cite magazine | last1=Sharlet | first1=Jeff | author-link=Jeff Sharlet (writer) | date=September 2010 | title=Straight Man's Burden: The American roots of Uganda's anti-gay persecutions | magazine=Harper's Magazine | volume=321 | issue=1,924 | pages=36–48 | url=http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/09/0083101 | access-date=21 January 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206102551/http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/09/0083101 | archive-date=6 December 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The hacktivist group [[Anonymous (hacker group)|Anonymous]] hacked into Ugandan government websites in protest of the bill.<ref>Brocklebank, Christopher (15 August 2012). [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/08/15/anonymous-hack-into-ugandan-government-websites-in-protest-at-their-anti-lgbt-policies/ Anonymous hack into Ugandan government websites in protest at their anti-LGBT policies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024143334/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/08/15/anonymous-hack-into-ugandan-government-websites-in-protest-at-their-anti-lgbt-policies/ |date=24 October 2012 }}. Pinknews.co.uk.</ref> In response to global condemnation the debate of the bill was delayed, but it was eventually passed on 20 December 2013 and President Museveni signed it on 24 February 2014. The death penalty was dropped in the final legislation. The law was widely condemned by the international community. Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden said they would withhold aid. On 28 February 2014 the [[World Bank]] said it would postpone a US$90 million loan, while the United States said it was reviewing ties with Uganda.<ref name=WorldBankPostponesLOan>[http://www.ugandanews.net/index.php/sid/220274118/scat/faaba65027d16d8c/ht/Ugandas-anti-gay-law-prompts-World-Bank-to-postpone-90mn-loan "Uganda's anti-gay law prompts World Bank to postpone $90mn loan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029215342/http://www.ugandanews.net/index.php/sid/220274118/scat/faaba65027d16d8c/ht/Ugandas-anti-gay-law-prompts-World-Bank-to-postpone-90mn-loan |date=29 October 2014 }}, ''Uganda News.Net'', 28 February 2014.</ref> On 1 August 2014, the [[Constitutional Court of Uganda]] ruled the bill invalid as it was not passed with the required [[quorum]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Uganda anti-gay law challenged in court | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/uganda-anti-gay-law-constitutional-court | access-date=1 August 2014 | work=The Guardian | agency=AFP | date=31 July 2014 | archive-date=31 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731171411/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/uganda-anti-gay-law-constitutional-court | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Uganda court annuls anti-gay law | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28605400 | access-date=1 August 2014 | work=BBC News | date=1 August 2014 | archive-date=9 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909134802/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28605400 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Uganda constitutional court annuls new anti-gay law | url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/08/01/uganda-constitutional-court-annuls-new-anti-gay-law | access-date=1 August 2014 | work=Times LIVE | agency=AFP | date=1 August 2014 | archive-date=9 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909103014/https://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2014/08/01/uganda-constitutional-court-annuls-new-anti-gay-law | url-status=live }}</ref> A 13 August 2014 news report said that the Ugandan attorney general had dropped all plans to appeal, per a directive from President Museveni who was concerned about foreign reaction to the bill and who also said that any newly introduced bill should not criminalise same-sex relationships between consenting adults.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ugandas-attorney-general-wont-appeal-anti-gay-law-ruling-1407946971|title=Uganda's Attorney General Won't Appeal Ruling on Antigay Law|first=Nicholas|last=Bariyo|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=13 August 2014|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627022833/https://www.wsj.com/articles/ugandas-attorney-general-wont-appeal-anti-gay-law-ruling-1407946971|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2019, progress on the African continent was slow but progressing with South Africa being the only country where same sex marriages are recognised.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/africa/africa-lgbtq-equality-analysis-intl/index.html|title=Progress for gay rights in Africa still isn't inevitable|first=David|last=McKenzie|website=CNN|date=11 August 2019|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929171603/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/africa/africa-lgbtq-equality-analysis-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=====Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023=====
{{Main|Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023}}
On 21 March 2023, the Ugandan parliament passed a bill that would make identifying as homosexual punishable by life in prison and the death penalty for anyone found guilty of "aggravated homosexuality".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicholls |first=Larry Madowo, Catherine |date=2023-03-21 |title=Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offenses |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/africa/uganda-lgbtq-law-passes-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322173434/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/africa/uganda-lgbtq-law-passes-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Atuhaire |first=Patience |date=2023-03-21 |title=Uganda Anti-Homosexuality bill: Life in prison for saying you're gay |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343 |access-date=2023-03-22 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322153403/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343 |url-status=live }}</ref><!--
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On 9 March 2023 [[Asuman Basalirwa]] (a [[Parliament of Uganda|member of parliament]] since 2018 from the opposition representing [[Bugiri]] Municipality on Justice Forum party ticket) tabled a proposed law which seeks out to castigate gay sex and "the promotion or recognition of such relations" and he made remarks that: "In this country, or in this world, we talk about human rights. But it is also true that there are human wrongs. I want to submit that homosexuality is a human wrong that offends the laws of Uganda and threatens the sanctity of the family, the safety of our children and the continuation of humanity through reproduction."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Okiror |first=Samuel |date=2023-03-01 |title=Uganda MPs revive hardline anti-LGBTQ bill, calling homosexuality a 'cancer' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/01/uganda-mps-hardline-anti-lgbtq-bill |access-date=2023-03-11 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517122716/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/01/uganda-mps-hardline-anti-lgbtq-bill |url-status=live }}</ref>&nbsp;The speaker of parliament, [[Anita Among|Annet Anita Among]], referred the bill to a house committee for scrutiny, the first step in an accelerated process to pass the proposal into law. The parliament speaker had earlier noted that: "We want to appreciate our promoters of homosexuality for the social economic development they have brought to the country," in reference to western countries and donors. "But we do not appreciate the fact that they are killing morals. We do not need their money, we need our culture." during a prayer service held in parliament and attended by several religious leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AfricaNews |first=Rédaction |date=2023-03-09 |title=Uganda presents anti-gay bill in parliament with tough new penalties |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/09/uganda-presents-anti-gay-bill-in-parliament-with-tough-new-penalties/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Africanews |language=en |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311132501/https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/09/uganda-presents-anti-gay-bill-in-parliament-with-tough-new-penalties/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Speaker vowed to pass the bill into law at whatever cost to shield Uganda's culture and its sovereignty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-08 |title=Anti-gay law will be passed at whatever cost, says Speaker |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/anti-gay-law-will-be-passed-at-whatever-cost-says-speaker-4150612 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Monitor |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316061854/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/anti-gay-law-will-be-passed-at-whatever-cost-says-speaker-4150612 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 21 March 2023, parliament rapidly passed the anti-homosexuality bill with overwhelming support.<ref name="lancet">{{Cite journal |last=Jerving |first=Sara |date=2023-04-22 |title=Uganda's "anti-homosexuality" bill already affecting care |journal=The Lancet |volume=401 |issue=10385 |pages=1327–1328 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(23)00814-0 |pmid=37088085 |doi-access=free |issn=0140-6736}}</ref>

The [[United States]] strongly condemned the bill. During a [[White House Press Secretary|White House Press]] briefing on 22 March 2023, [[Karine Jean-Pierre]] stated. "Human rights [[Moral universalism|are universal]]. No one should be attacked, imprisoned, or killed simply because of who they are or whom they love."<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jean-Pierre |first1=Karine |author-link=Karine Jean-Pierre |last2=Kirby |first2=John |author-link2=John Kirby (admiral) |date=2023-03-23 |title=Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/03/22/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-11/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=The White House |language=en-US |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324174615/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/03/22/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-11/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Further criticism came from the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Atuhaire |first=Patience |date=2023-03-21 |title=Uganda Anti-Homosexuality bill: Life in prison for saying you're gay |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343 |access-date=2023-03-24 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322153403/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343 |url-status=live }}</ref> Canada,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Dylan |date=23 March 2023 |title=Trudeau mulls response to 'appalling and abhorrent' Uganda LGBTQ death-penalty bill |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/trudeau-mulls-response-to-appalling-and-abhorrent-uganda-lgbtq-death-penalty-bill |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=[[National Post]] |language=en-CA |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517122800/https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/trudeau-mulls-response-to-appalling-and-abhorrent-uganda-lgbtq-death-penalty-bill |url-status=live }}</ref> Germany,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=23 March 2023 |title=Germany condemns Uganda's new 'draconian' anti-gay law |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-condemns-ugandas-new-draconian-anti-gay-law/a-65093313 |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324201716/https://www.dw.com/en/germany-condemns-ugandas-new-draconian-anti-gay-law/a-65093313 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the European Union.