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Uganda to charge 16 arrested for ‘gay sex’

Police in Uganda say 16 people will be charged with having “unnatural sex”, a reference to same-sex relations.

Police spokesman Fred Enanga said medical examinations proved that the 16 had been having “unnatural sex”.

Read:Uganda wants death penalty for gay sex

The 16 were arrested on Monday in a suburb neighbouring the capital, Kampala.

Their detention comes nearly two weeks after the government said it had no plans to re-introduce the anti-homosexuality bill which could impose stiffer penalties, including the death sentence, for gay sex.

Read:Gay marriage, abortion laws liberalised in Northern Ireland

Under the penal code, which dates back to the colonial era, anybody convicted of having “unnatural sex” could face life imprisonment.

Source: bbc.com

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