Dennis Kasumba throws an old tire to build strength outside his home in Guyaza, Uganda. While living in poverty, Kasumba tries to salvage trash to help build strength in hopes of playing for a Major ...

Uganda is facing backlash for its first-ever charge in direct offense of new anti-gay legislation. Prosecutors in the country charged a 20-year-old man with “aggravated homosexuality” on Aug. 18, a ...

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities have charged a man with aggravated homosexuality, which carries a possible death penalty, in the first use of the charge since the enactment in May of an ...

Ugandan prosecutors have charged a man with "aggravated homosexuality," potentially a capital offense under new controversial anti-gay legislation, an official said Monday. The law — considered one of ...

Prosecutors in Africa said a 20-year-old man is the first person to be charged in Uganda with "aggravated homosexuality" − a crime punishable by death under a controversial anti-gay law that went into ...

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Prosecutors used the death penalty provision of a newly passed law to charge a 20-year-old man. The measure has sown widespread fear among gay Ugandans. By Emma Bubola Ugandan prosecutors have lodged ...

A group of U.N. experts described the law as “an egregious violation of human rights,” while Amnesty International called it “draconian and overly broad.” KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities ...

In Uganda, a 20-year-old man has become the first person to be charged for so-called aggravated homosexuality. That's an offense that carries the death penalty under some of the most punitive anti-gay ...