“I am very optimistic that they will strike it down,” said Frank Mugisha of Sexual Minorities Uganda.
Many LGBT rights supporters inside the Ugandan Constitutional Court this week say there are strong signs that the justices will strike down the Anti-Homosexuality Act when the court reconvenes on Friday at 9:30 a.m. local time.
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That may sound surprising, since the Ugandan political system has seemed stacked against LGBT people since legislation imposing up to a lifetime prison sentence for homosexuality was enacted in a surprise vote on December 20, 2013.
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"I am very optimistic that they will strike it down," said Frank Mugisha of Sexual Minorities Uganda. "In my opinion having been in court for the past two days, I think the judges are being very independent."