Uganda 'regrets' US sanctions over anti-gay law
Daily Nation - 8 hours ago
By AFP
KAMPALA, Monday
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Bill on
February 24, 2014 in Entebbe. The Bill that was first tabled back in
2009 will see offenders, when convicted, serve a life sentence.
AFP/PHOTO
Uganda has warned that US sanctions slapped on the country over its
tough anti-gay laws will harm the "most vulnerable" in the country.
Last week, Washington froze some aid programmes, as well as cancelling
military air exercises and barring entry to the US for specific
Ugandan officials involved in "human rights abuses", including against
the gay community. (READ:
US sanctions Uganda for 'vile' anti-gay laws)
Signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, the law calls for
"repeat homosexuals" to be jailed for life, outlaws the promotion of
homosexuality and obliges Ugandans to denounce gays to the
authorities.
"Uganda considers this announcement by the US regrettable as some of
the halted funding and programmes in Uganda are those that will affect
the most vulnerable people that the US government purports to support
and aims to protect," the foreign affairs ministry said in statement.
INCREASED ARRESTS
US Secretary of State John Kerry has likened the Ugandan law to
anti-Semitic legislation in Nazi Germany.
The White House said the legislation "runs counter to universal human
rights and complicates our bilateral relationship".
Uganda's foreign ministry insisted relations would not be harmed.
"There are more areas of cooperation between the Uganda and the US, as
the two countries continue to share a lot in common on both regional
and international issues," the statement added.
Rights groups say the law has triggered a sharp increase in arrests
and assaults of country's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) community.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International said in a joint
report last month the LGBT community had faced a "surge in human
rights violations", with people being arrested, evicted or losing
their jobs, and at least one transgender person has been murdered
since the law was passed.
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