Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law spurs bipartisan uproar in US
Posted on AllSides May 30th, 2023
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Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a new sweeping anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation. “Uganda’s appalling Anti-Homosexuality Act is the latest indication of Pres. Museveni’s hostility to human rights & fundamental freedoms,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Twitter Tuesday. “Torture of political opposition, murder of the press & now a law making Uganda one of the most dangerous places for the LGBTQ+ community.” Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law new sweeping legislation...