Ugandan human rights advocates on Thursday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a ruling by a lower court that upheld a draconian anti-homosexuality law which includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. An April ruling by the country’s constitutional court declined to void Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), a move requested by the activists who argued the law violated fundamental rights and was unconstitutional. The court only nullified a few sections that it said were inconsistent with rights to health, privacy and freedom of religion. Rights pressure groups say the law has triggered escalating violations against sexual minorities in the country, with over 1,000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture and house evictions, among others.