A Ugandan court on Monday dropped a case against the first man in the country to be charged with aggravated homosexuality, which carries the death penalty under an anti-gay law, his lawyer told Reuters.
The East African country enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2023, defying pressure from Western governments as well as local and international rights groups.
Described as one of the worlds harshest laws targeting the LGBT community, it carries a sentence of life in prison for same-sex intercourse and imposes the death penalty in cases deemed aggravated.
