“We believe that our vision of ending poverty in a sustainable planet is only possible if it includes everyone, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. This law undermines efforts to do so,” PT explained
THE The World Bank will not fund new programs in Uganda after the adoption in May of the “anti-homosexuality bill of 2023”, which is among the most repressive in the world.
In the announcement made public yesterday Tuesday, the financial institution of Washington emphasizes that the law “fundamentally contradicts all the values of the World Bank” (PT), adding that under these circumstances, “no new public financing will be presented to our board of directors ».
“We believe that our vision of ending poverty in a sustainable planet is only possible if it includes everyone, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. This law undermines efforts to do so,” PT explained.
Members of the US Congress demanded in late July that the president of the World Bank, Ajay Baga, suspend “all current and future grants” to the African state “until the law against homosexuality is repealed.”
President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the Great Lakes country with an iron fist since 1986, signed the controversial law into law on May 29, prompting outrage from human rights groups, Western governments and international organizations.
Despite the threats that the country will suffer sanctions, the 78-year-old president explained that “no one will make us move”.
The text foresees heavy penalties for persons who have homosexual relations or “promote” homosexuality. The crime of “distinguished homosexuality” carries the death penalty, which however has not been practiced in Uganda for years.
US President Joe Biden called the law a “tragic attack” on human rights. The head of European diplomacy, Giuseppe Borrell, spoke of a law that “contradicts human rights”.
In 2014, international creditors reduced their aid after a previous law aimed at cracking down on homosexuality was approved.
Washington had suspended funding for aid programs to the Ugandan government and imposed travel bans. European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands…) had also frozen part of the aid they offered on a bilateral level.
That law was ultimately annulled by the Constitutional Court due to a technical error in its passing.
Source :Skai
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