In the next 48 hours, Uganda's parliament could pass a law instituting the death penalty for homosexuals. President of that country, Yoweri Museveni, said he considers this as "too hard."
Although regulations like this have no place in other countries in Africa and the Middle East, this bill seeks to reach where no other has. Seven years in prison for attempted homosexual activities, three years behind bars who did not report such acts to the authorities who do not betray or suspected homosexuals.
The law also stipulates that any member of the gay community who are HIV positive receive the death penalty and that any citizen of Uganda may be extradited back to the country by any of these crimes. To say that recidivism any of these "crimes" also leads to hanging.
Yoweri Museveni, believes that the bill is excessive and encourages the members of the party in power to revoke the death penalty to be applied to sexually active homosexuals living with HIV or persons violations the same sex. Part of the "reflection" is due to the likely rejection would have by international investors.
In October, the clergy of Uganda launched an appeal to the Government to eliminate the death penalty against homosexuality, and instead opt for life imprisonment.
Currently in this country, the maximum sentence by having sex with same sex is 14 years in prison.
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