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Uganda drops first case under strict anti-LGBTQ+ law due to defendant's mental state.
A Ugandan court has dismissed the first case under the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which criminalizes same-sex relations and carries a potential death penalty for aggravated offenses.
The 20-year-old man from Soroti, detained in August 2023, had his charges dropped after a magistrate ruled he was of unsound mind due to prolonged detention.
Prosecutors had amended the original charge to "carnal knowledge against the order of nature," punishable by life imprisonment.
The law, one of the world’s strictest against LGBTQ+ individuals, has drawn international condemnation, leading to U.S. visa restrictions and suspended World Bank funding.
The judiciary has not commented, and a written ruling is pending.
Uganda abandona el primer caso bajo la estricta ley anti-LGBTQ+ debido al estado mental del acusado.