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Outright International calls on the World Bank to halt loans to the government of Uganda
In response to Uganda’s approval of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, a piece of legislation that aims to exterminate LGBTQ persons, Ugandan LGBTQ advocates have urged the World Bank to halt all existing and future loan payments to the Ugandan government. Outright International supports their request. Health, education, housing, employment, and economic infrastructure projects are among the government-sponsored initiatives that are supported by World Bank funding to reduce poverty.
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Uganda is now part of the devils work of hate and made homosexuality a capital offence. American Evangelical Organisations Contributed
Ted Cruz and President Joe Biden have both denounced the Ugandan law. American Christian organisations, some of which had previously supported such severe anti-LGBTQ policies, lobbied for the legislation for years.
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Uganda: IBAHRI criticises a bill that increases the use of the death penalty against LGBTQI+ people
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which includes the death penalty for «aggravated homosexuality», is harshly condemned by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI).
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As an anti-LGBTQ bill advances, Uganda’s homophobic leader refers to gay people as «deviants»
Uganda is well-known for its intolerance of homosexuality, which is illegal under colonial-era legislation.
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Uganda introduces an anti-gay bill in parliament, proposing harsh new penalties
Ugandan lawmakers introduced legislation in parliament on Thursday that proposes harsh new penalties for same-sex relationships in a country where homosexuality is already illegal, defying human rights groups’ criticism.
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Archbishop Stephen Samuel Kaziimba, homosexuals are also children of God
Since his enthronement in March 2020, Archbishop Stephen Samuel Kaziimba has consistently spoken against homosexuality.