• AutoTL;DRB
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    91 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The World Bank says it is halting new loans to Uganda because a new anti-gay law contradicts its core values.

    Homosexual acts were already illegal in Uganda, but anyone now convicted faces life imprisonment under the new law which was enacted in May.

    The World Bank said it was committed to helping all Ugandans without exception to “escape poverty, access vital services, and improve their lives”.

    In a tweet, Ambassador Adonia Ayebare said it was time to rethink the World Bank’s work methods and the board’s decisions.

    As a result, the World Bank said “no new public financing to Uganda will be presented to our Board of Executive Directors” pending a review of the efficacy of new measures put up in the context of the new legislation.

    In response to the World Bank’s decision, Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs Okello Oryem queried the consistency of the move compared to other countries.


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  • timicin
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    1 year ago

    “There are many Middle East countries who do not tolerate homosexuals, they actually hang and execute homosexuals,” she said, according to Reuters news agency.

    “In the US many states have passed laws that are either against or restrict activities of homosexuality… so why pick on Uganda?”

    because they have more money than you.

  • @carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    It’s 2023, if you’re still making and supporting anti-gay laws, you deserve to be sent to some little gay free island in the middle of the ocean where you can no-homo high five all your totally straight bros right into your old age, never have to deal with the big scary gay world outside ever again.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    11 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The World Bank says it is halting new loans to Uganda because a new anti-gay law contradicts its core values.

    Homosexual acts were already illegal in Uganda, but anyone now convicted faces life imprisonment under the new law which was enacted in May.

    The World Bank said it was committed to helping all Ugandans without exception to “escape poverty, access vital services, and improve their lives”.

    In a tweet, Ambassador Adonia Ayebare said it was time to rethink the World Bank’s work methods and the board’s decisions.

    As a result, the World Bank said “no new public financing to Uganda will be presented to our Board of Executive Directors” pending a review of the efficacy of new measures put up in the context of the new legislation.

    In response to the World Bank’s decision, Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs Okello Oryem queried the consistency of the move compared to other countries.


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