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Uganda's president signs harsh anti-gay bill

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a controversial anti-gay bill Feb. 24 that has harsh penalties for homosexual sex.

The new law calls for first-time offenders to be sentenced to 14 years in jail. Consenting adults who engage in repeated gay sex face life imprisonment.

On signing the bill, Museveni accused Western countries of trying to "recruit" Ugandan children into homosexuality.

Ugandan gay groups denied this, and said Museveni was influenced by anti-gay conservative U.S. evangelicals. (AP)

ウガンダ大統領、反同性愛法案に署名

ウガンダのヨウェリ・ムセベニ大統領は２月24日、同性愛行為を厳しく罰する「反同性愛法案」に署名した。同法案は同性愛行為を犯罪とし、終身刑の罰則も科される。

The Japan Times ST: March 7, 2014