The US government has warned its citizens against traveling to Uganda following the country’s recent adoption of strict laws against same-sex couple.
The move comes two weeks after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni approved the controversial law despite warnings from world leaders and human rights activists.
In a statement issued by the department of foreign affairs and placed on the website of the Ugandan Embassy, the US government said that the law is a threat to LGBTQ travelers.
It warned that travelers could face prosecution, life imprisonment or the death penalty.
The third-level travel notice asks travelers to reconsider going to Uganda and they may be victims of attacks by dangerous groups.
Those who support LGBTQI+ rights and lives can also be prosecuted and face long prison terms.
Uganda’s anti-homosexual law of 2023 has been condemned and considered one of the strongest anti-homosexual laws in the world.
The law provides fines and imprisonment ranging from 14 years to life imprisonment to the death penalty for cases considered to promote homosexuality.
