Skip to main content

[RwandaLibre] Kerry voices U.S. dismay at anti-gay law to Uganda's Museveni

 

Kerry voices U.S. dismay at anti-gay law to Uganda's Museveni

WASHINGTON Fri Feb 28, 2014 4:21pm EST

0 COMMENTS Tweet Share this Email Print



U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks before opening the
U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Plenary Session with
Georgia's Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili at the State Department
in Washington February 26, 2014 file photo.
CREDIT: REUTERS/MIKE THEILER

RELATED TOPICS

Politics »

(Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Ugandan President
Yoweri Museveni this week to convey U.S. unhappiness at an anti-gay
law in Uganda and tell him it will complicate ties between the two
countries, the State Department said on Friday.

The new law strengthened existing punishments for anyone caught having
gay sex, imposing jail terms of up to life for "aggravated
homosexuality" - including sex with a minor or while HIV-positive. It
criminalized lesbianism for the first time and made it a crime to help
individuals engage in homosexual acts.

"Secretary Kerry expressed the United States' deep disappointment in
the Ugandan government's decision to enact the anti-homosexuality
bill," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said of the call, which
took place on Thursday.

"The secretary noted that the decision complicates the U.S.
relationship with Uganda," the spokeswoman added in her written
statement, although she said that Kerry did not threaten any specific
sanction by the United States in response.

Homosexuality is a taboo in most African nations and illegal in 37,
including Uganda, where it has been a crime since British colonial
rule. However, such laws are seldom enforced.

On Wednesday, Kerry described the new law as "atrocious" and
Museveni's signing it as "flat-out morally wrong." He also likened it
to anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany and racial discrimination in
South Africa during the apartheid era.

The United States gave more than $485 million in aid to Uganda in the
year ended on September 30. The bulk of the funding went to health
programs and security, including military training.

(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

http://www.google.ca/gwt/x?gl=CA&hl=en-CA&u=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/28/us-uganda-gaybill-usa-idUSBREA1R1YJ20140228&q=Kerry+voices+U.S.+dismay+at+anti-gay+law+to+Uganda%27s+Museveni

--
SIBOMANA Jean Bosco
Google+: https://plus.google.com/110493390983174363421/posts
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9B4024D0AE764F3D
http://www.youtube.com/user/sibomanaxyz999
***Online Time:15H30-20H30, heure de Montréal.***Fuseau horaire
domestique: heure normale de la côte Est des Etats-Unis et Canada
(GMT-05:00)***

__._,_.___
Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
.To post a message: RwandaLibre@yahoogroups.com; .To join: RwandaLibre-subscribe@yahoogroups.com; .To unsubscribe from this group,send an email to:
RwandaLibre-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
_____________________________________________________

More news:  http://www.amakurunamateka.com ; http://www.ikangurambaga.com ; http://rwandalibre.blogspot.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
.

__,_._,___

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

[AFRICAFORUM] Tr : [hinterland1] Tr : L'OCCUPATION RWANDAISE EN MARCHE

  ----- Mail transféré ----- De : Mpania Jean <drjeanmpania@yahoo.fr> À : Hinterland <hinterland1@yahoogroupes.fr> Envoyé le : Mercredi 26 février 2014 17h13 Objet : [hinterland1] Tr : L'OCCUPATION RWANDAISE EN MARCHE   Le Mercredi 26 février 2014 9h56, congokdp <congokdp@gmail.com> a écrit : L'OCCUPATION RWANDAISE EN MARCHE :   Voici comment les institutions et tout le système de sécurité de la RDC sont sous contrôle du Rwanda et les officiels congolais infiltrés par des «hirondelles» rwandaises! L'OCCUPATION RWANDAISE EN MARCHE :  Voici comment les institutions et tout le système de sécurité de la RDC sont sous contrôle du Rwanda et les officiels congolais infiltrés par des «hirondelles» rwandaises! Le processus d'occupation de la RDC par le lobby tutsi rwandais passe par le...
1 comment
Read more

[Rwanda Forum] Who is Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, the butcher of Southport, UK?

   If Axel Muganwa Rudakubana had been a son of a Hutu, what would have been the news headlines in Kagame's mouthpiece tabloids? Since Axel Rudakubana's parents are Tutsi genocide survivors, and his father, Alphonse Rudakubana, is a nephew of Wellars Gasamagera, the Secretary General of Rwanda's ruling party - RPF, the tragedy that occurred in the UK has not been mentioned by any tabloids or news outlets in Rwanda. However, had Axel Muganwa Rudakubana been a child of a Hutu, or a child of a Tutsi opposition figure, we can all guess the type of headline that would have appeared in the tabloid controlled by Criminal Paul Kagame. But now, they remain silent on this despicable tragedy. FYI... ICYIHISHE INYUMA Y'UMUSORE W'UMUNYARWANDA WISHE ABANA BATATU MU BWONGEREZA. https://youtu.be/OuPMqdxYrvs?si=vF24-X-nZdIlDcNC ### "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence", George Washington. ###
Post a Comment
Read more

Fw: [ibukabose_rengerabose] Fw: Rwanda: deteriorating human rights and security situation

 Rwanda: deteriorating human rights and security situation   r w an d ab ri d ge b u il d er s@ gmail.c om H.E. Amb. Smail Chergui, Commissioner, Peace and Security, African Union (AU) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 20, 2020 Your Excellency, We, a coalition of 37 organizations, write to you in your capacity as the Ch airperson of the African Commission on Peace and Security (The Commission), to appeal you to urgently address the deteriorating human rights and security situation in Rwanda. We reiterate that Rwanda continues to face allegations of human rights violations that are of an extremely serious nature. These allegations have been found credible by none less than Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and UN panel on human rights. Several well-grounded allegations exist about the extreme lack of fundamental freedoms in Rwanda, which it is charged, has resulted in serio us violation...
Post a Comment
Read more