Uganda says U.S. sanctions over anti-gay law hurt its most vulnerable citizens [View all]
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, June 23, 2014 8:15 EDT
Uganda warned on Monday that US sanctions slapped on the country over its tough anti-gay laws would harm the “most vulnerable” in the country.
Washington last week 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.
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.
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