Ugandan Parliament
has passed a controversial bill outlawing miniskirts.
The anti-pornography bill, which
also outlaws overtly sexual material including music videos, approved after a
short debate.
When Simon Lokodo, Uganda's ethics
and integrity minister, proposed the legislation earlier this year, he said
that women who wore "anything above the knee" should be arrested.
The bill must be approved by the
president before becoming law.
Uganda is a socially conservative
country - it is also considering legislation to increase the punishment for
homosexual acts, including the death penalty in some cases.
According to Uganda's private
Monitor newspaper, the new legislation will outlaw material which shows parts
of the body including breasts, thighs and buttocks, or any erotic behaviour
intended to cause sexual excitement.
It will also ban anything that shows indecent
acts or behaviour intended to corrupt morals, the paper reports.
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