{"id":12648,"date":"2014-02-20T02:09:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T02:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-urged-to-recall-uganda-envoy-over-gay-bill\/"},"modified":"2014-02-20T02:08:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T02:08:30","slug":"us-urged-to-recall-uganda-envoy-over-gay-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-urged-to-recall-uganda-envoy-over-gay-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"US Urged to Recall Uganda Envoy Over Gay Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Human Rights Watch has said the United States should recall its ambassador to Uganda and review diplomatic relations after the Uganda’s leader said he would sign into law a bill prescribing life imprisonment for homosexuals.}} <\/p>\n

The New York-based group also said Uganda’s international donor partners should “clearly and publicly” specify the consequences for relations with Uganda if the Anti-Homosexuality bill becomes law. <\/p>\n

“There is real urgency now that [Yoweri] Museveni has stated his intention to sign the bill,” Daniel Bekele, the Africa director for Human Right Watch, said on Wednesday, referring to the Ugandan president. <\/p>\n

“The US should temporarily recall the ambassador to conduct strategic consultations on the US\/Uganda relationship, while making clear the range of concerns for yet another clawback to human rights in Uganda.”<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch said the bill violates the country\u2019s human rights obligations and would act as a barrier to advancing critical public health goals.<\/p>\n

It called for a review of funding assistance to Uganda to ensure that US funds are not used to further prosecution of anyone under the homosexuality law. <\/p>\n

“In particular funding for the police should be subject to close scrutiny as they would be legally mandated to enforce this law,” the group said.<\/p>\n

Though popular among Ugandans who insist homosexuality is a “vice” from Western countries, the bill has attracted criticism from world leaders as it seeks to increase penalties for some forms of consensual same-sex conduct between adults and infringe on constitutionally protected rights to privacy.<\/p>\n

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