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Added on the 21/03/2023 21:05:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Uganda's Constitutional Court rejects a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. "We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement," Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda's deputy chief justice and head of the court, says in the landmark ruling. IMAGES
Police respond gets increasingly violent against hundreds of primarily youths out in the streets of Nairobi to protest tax hikes. Water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas fails to repel the crowd moving closer to the parliament building where lawmakers are debating the controversial finance bill. IMAGES
After a day of protests, Israeli lawmakers pass the first reading of a controversial bill aiming to prevent judges from ruling against the so-called Basic Laws, Israel's quasi-constitution. IMAGES
Ugandan MPs fought in parliament during a debate on Wednesday when the parliament took the first step towards scrapping the presidential age limit that could allow long-standing ruler Yoweri Museveni to stay in power. IMAGES
Hundreds of demonstrators gather in central Warsaw to protest after Poland's parliament rejected a bill that would have decriminalised abortion assistance. The country has one of Europe's most restrictive rules on the practice, which is punishable by up to three years in jail. IMAGES