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Ugandan President threatens to reject homophobic bill
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 22, 2009 08:47pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, December 22, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The President of Uganda has threatened to veto the a controversial new bill that could see homosexuals sentenced to the death penalty or lifetime imprisonment.
US newspaper DC Agenda claims that President Yoweri Museveni pledged to US secretary of state for African affairs Jonnie Carson on two separate occasions that he would reject the bill currently making its way through parliament.
The bill's sponsor, David Bahati MP, has argued that it will curb HIV infections and protect the "traditional family".
It has been subject to worldwide condemnation and since the first reports emerged in mid-October, has received widespread media attention. |
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