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Ugandan head of state Yoweri Museveni has approved the Anti-Homosexuality Law which provides heavy penalties for same-sex relations and the “promotion” of homosexuality in the country, the presidency has announced.
The announcement of the promulgation of the new law arouses indignation and concern from local NGOs to the White House.
The head of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Volker Türk, described it at the time as “discriminatory text – probably the worst in the world of its kind”.
US President Joe Biden, denouncing a “tragic violation” of human rights, is studying the consequences of this law on “all aspects of cooperation between the United States and Uganda”, in particular aid and investments, according to a statement from the White House.
The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, speaks of a “deplorable and contrary to human rights” law in a press release, citing “compromised” relations with Kampala.
In this East African country where homosexuality is illegal, acts of homosexuality are punishable by life since a law dating from British colonization.
