According to the Guardian, "A young lesbian who fled Uganda after her Muslim father threatened to kill her is being deported back home tonight, despite facing persecution and a jail sentence of up to seven years because of her sexuality...
"Uganda has a well documented record of persecuting homosexuals. Section 140 of its penal code criminalises "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" and the offence carries a maximum seven-year prison sentence. The country's president, Yoweri Museveni, once proposed the arrest of all homosexuals, though he subsequently modified his position and called for a return to days when "these few individuals were either ignored or speared by their parents"."
"The legislation banning same sex relations was inherited from British colonial rule."
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