The US has imposed sanctions
on Uganda for anti-gay laws it says are "counter to universal human
rights".It said Ugandans involved in human rights abuses
against gay people would be banned from entering the US. The White House is
also cutting funds to a number of programmes it is running with the Ugandan
authorities, and cancelling a military exercise. Uganda has said it will not be
pressed by the West to change the laws, which can see gay people jailed for
life. The law signed in February allows life imprisonment for acts of
"aggravated homosexuality" and criminalises the "promotion of
homosexuality". The White House described the legislation an affront that
called into question Uganda's commitment to protecting human rights. "The
Department of State is taking measures to prevent entry into the United States
by certain Ugandan officials involved in serious human rights abuses, including
against LGBT individuals," said National Security Council spokeswoman
Caitlin Hayden Hayden in a written statement." The US will also
discontinue or redirect funds for certain programmes involving the Ugandan
Police Force, National Public Health Institute and Ministry of Health, and has
cancelled plans to conduct a US military-sponsored aviation exercise in the
African nation. It is the latest effort by US officials to challenge Uganda's
Anti-Homosexuality Act. Source ( BBC
Thursday, June 19, 2014
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