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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:09 PM Jun 2014

Uganda says U.S. sanctions over anti-gay law hurt its most vulnerable citizens

By Agence France-Presse
Monday, June 23, 2014 8:15 EDT

Uganda warned on Monday that US sanctions slapped on the country over its tough anti-gay laws would harm the “most vulnerable” in the country.

Washington last week froze some aid programmes, as well as cancelling military air exercises and barring entry to the US for specific Ugandan officials involved in “human rights abuses”, including against the gay community.

Signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, the law calls for “repeat homosexuals” to be jailed for life, outlaws the promotion of homosexuality and obliges Ugandans to denounce gays to the authorities.

“Uganda considers this announcement by the US regrettable as some of the halted funding and programmes in Uganda are those that will affect the most vulnerable people that the US government purports to support and aims to protect,” the foreign affairs ministry said in statement.

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Uganda says U.S. sanctions over anti-gay law hurt its most vulnerable citizens (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP

Translation atreides1 Jun 2014 #1

'Cause those dirty, nasty, immoral gays are not vulnerable at all. dballance Jun 2014 #2

No, Uganda! Aristus Jun 2014 #3

Sadly, economic sanctions often produce a lot of collateral damage. Vattel Jun 2014 #4

Just imagine: U. S. sanctions hurting that nation's most vulnerable citizens. Who indepat Jun 2014 #5

Right now, Uganda's most vulnerable citizens are its' gays, due to Uganda's horrible laws. Shrike47 Jun 2014 #6

'Zacly shenmue Jun 2014 #8

Wow! Projection much, Uganda? Coventina Jun 2014 #7

And sanctions against South Africa were a bad idea for their most vulnerable citizens. pampango Jun 2014 #9

great tone deafness. nt alp227 Jun 2014 #10

atreides1

(16,072 posts)

1. Translation

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:16 PM

Jun 2014

Give us what we want or we will execute them...under our laws!

dballance

(5,756 posts)

2. 'Cause those dirty, nasty, immoral gays are not vulnerable at all.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:25 PM

Jun 2014

No, their the Devil's spawn.

Aristus

(66,316 posts)

3. No, Uganda!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:26 PM

Jun 2014

YOU are hurting your most vulnerable citizens!

Don't put the blame on us!...

Vattel

(9,289 posts)

4. Sadly, economic sanctions often produce a lot of collateral damage.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:27 PM

Jun 2014

Think of what sanctions did to the children of Iraq in the 90s. I don't know enough about Uganda, though, to know whether the claims here are true.

Meanwhile, we give military aid to Egypt in spite of the new regime's torture chambers.