Ghanaian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to pass the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill. It has taken nearly three years for this legislation to be passed, and now it awaits Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo’s assent to it.
Despite some last-minute attempts by one of the ruling party MPs to propose some amendments, the speaker, Alban Bagbin, rejected them, making way for the bill to be passed.
The bill forbids LGBTQ activity and criminalizes its promotion, advocacy, and funding.
Offenders could be jailed for between 6 months to 3 years. Promoters and sponsors of the act could also face a jail term between 3 to 5 years.
Human rights activities have called on Ghana’s president to reject the bill. Last year Uganda signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBT laws, making room for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”
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