A Ugandan transgender woman who was recently attacked and currently being sheltered watches a TV screen showing the live broadcast of the session from the Parliament for the anti-gay bill, at a local charity supporting the LGBTQ Community near Kampal KAMPALA, Uganda - The United Nations rights chief is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment."The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of its kind in the world – is a deeply troubling development," Volker Turk, the U.N.
high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement Wednesday.Uganda's legislature passed the bill late Tuesday in a protracted plenary session during which last-minute changes were made to the legislation that originally included penalties of up to 10 years in jail for homosexual offenses.RELATED: Pope Francis says homosexuality is a ‘sin,’ but ‘not a crime’In the version passed by lawmakers the offense of "aggravated homosexuality" now carries the death penalty.