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A Ugandan lawmaker wears clothes with an anti-LGBTQ message as he enters the Parliament building to vote on a harsh new anti-gay bill, in Kampala, March 21, 2023. [iStockPhoto]
Uganda's LGBTQ community is enduring increased online abuse, and the authorities are waging a "witch-hunt" against anyone perceived to be promoting homosexuality, Amnesty International warned on Wednesday.
The East African nation last year adopted anti-gay legislation considered to be some of the harshest in the world, and has been widely condemned by rights groups, the United Nations and Western powers.
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