Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s signing of the Anti-Homosexuality bill into law is a deeply worrying infringement on the human rights of all Ugandans. The law, signed by Museveni in Kampala on February 24, 2014, increases penalties for some forms of consensual same-sex conduct between adults; curtails constitutionally protected rights to privacy, family life, and equality; and violates internationally protected rights to freedom of association and expression.
And then there is outpouring of ignorance on a massive scale;
At a public ceremony in a packed room at the State House in Entebbe, Yoweri Museveni formally initialled the anti-homosexuality act, which also outlaws the promotion of homosexuality and requires citizens to denounce to the police anyone suspected of being gay.
"No study has shown you can be homosexual by nature. That's why I have agreed to sign the bill," Museveni said in a speech at the presidential palace near the capital, Kampala.
"Outsiders cannot dictate to us. This is our country. I advise friends from the west not to make this an issue, because if they make it an issue the more they will lose. If the west does not want to work with us because of homosexuals, then we have enough space to ourselves here."
Supporters clapped and laughed during the press conference. One MP sitting at a white table in the front row, said: "I hope the Obamas are receiving it live, Desmond Tutu, Cameron … [Museveni] has resisted them."
The ethics and integrity minister, Simon Lokodo, said: "I feel very fulfilled, very elated, because at last my head of state has pronounced it on behalf of the entire nation, Uganda, that this is a bill that was worth putting in place."
David Bahati, the MP who introduced the bill, added: "This is a victory for the family of Uganda, a victory for the future of our children, and a triumph of sovereignty of our country."
Never one to shy away from expressing HIS own homophobic views;
ZIMBABWE’S President Robert Mugabe, celebrating his 90th birthday before thousands of people at a soccer stadium, said “We don't accept homosexuality here. God made men and women so they can bear children,”
Quoting from the universal declaration of human rights; "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world." We take a stand against Tyranny and we will continue to speak up for the opressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes.
Justice Melusi Sibanda
Organising Secretary – ROHR Zimbabwe/Bradford Branch
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