Six suspected homosexuals denied bail in Uganda

Court in Uganda denies bail to six suspected homosexuals. [File, Standard]

A court in Jinja City, Uganda has denied bail to six suspected homosexuals accused of recording pornographic videos.

The six men were arrested on March 17, 2023 after their 17-second video recording went viral on social media.

Yesterday, Tuesday, April 18, the six were charged with indecency and denied bail on grounds that they would not be safe among community members once released.

"It is our mandate as the court to protect the accused persons. Releasing them to a biased society cannot guarantee their safety, so prison is their safe place,'' the judge ruled.

During the arrest, the six men, aged between 20 and 26, were found in one room where lubricants and other fetishes were discovered.

According to the prosecutor, the six are part of a network that is grooming young boys into acts of sodomy and recruiting male adults into gayism.

The prosecutor further claims that the men were arrested while recording pornographic and sex videos 'which they usually share with other parties for money.'

This comes weeks after Uganda MPs passed an anti-LGBTQ Bill which would make homosexual acts punishable by death.

The bill has attracted strong condemnation from human rights campaigners.