Canada calls Uganda's harsh anti-LGBTQ law 'abhorrent, cruel and unjust'

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Monday that Uganda's anti-LGBTQ law, which included the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and was signed by President Yoweri Museveni, was "abhorrent, cruel and unjust."

Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further. It stipulates capital punishment for "serial offenders" against the law and also decrees a 20-year sentence for "promoting" homosexuality.