Uganda Anti-Gay Law Met with Condemnation from US, UN

Culture and Society, East Africa, Headline

On June 1, Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Musev­eni, the auto­crat­ic and long-serv­ing leader of the African nation of Ugan­da, signed what is con­sid­ered one of the harsh­est anti-LGBTQ laws glob­al­ly. Some of the pun­ish­ments in the new law for Uganda’s found break­ing the law include a 20-year sen­tence, and cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment for repeat offend­ers and oth­er individuals…

US may restrict visas for Ugandan officials in wake of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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Antony Blinken says he’s look­ing to ‘pro­mote account­abil­i­ty’ for Ugan­dan offi­cials who have vio­lat­ed rights of LGBTQ+ peo­ple The US may restrict visas issued to Ugan­dan offi­cials in its lat­est con­dem­na­tion to the African country’s enact­ment of strin­gent – and high­ly con­tro­ver­sial – anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Antony Blinken, the US sec­re­tary of state, said that Joe…