Kampala, July 20, 2026 (AFP) - Ugandan bishop, rare voice for sexual minorities, dies

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2026-07-20

Ugandan rights groups paid tribute on Monday to Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, a rare voice against the country's repression of the LGBTQ community, who has died at the age of 94. Uganda has one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws, passed in 2023, that imposes penalties of up to life imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations and death for so-called "aggravated homosexuality". Senyonjo, who died on Sunday, was one of the few public figures to......

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