The New Ugandan Law and the Western Response

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW96193411 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW96193411 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">Recently, the East African nation of Uganda</span></span> <a class="Hyperlink SCXW96193411 BCX4" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/1178718092/uganda-anti-gay-law" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW96193411 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">passed a law</span></span></a> <span class="TextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">that will</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">increas</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">e</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">criminal punishments for homosexual</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">acts</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">. Same-sex activity was already illegal in Uganda, as it is in several other African nations, and Ugandans convicted under the law already faced life in prison. Under this new law, people convicted of</span></span> <span class= "TextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">attempting</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">to engage in homosexual behavior could face 10 years behind bars</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">.</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">T</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">hose</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW96193411 BCX4">convicted of “aggravated homosexuality,” defined as sexual abuse of a child or knowingly spreading HIV, could face the death penalty.</span> <span class= "