Leaders in Congress are forcefully condemning a sweeping new anti-gay law in Uganda, calling on the Biden administration to reconsider assistance to the East African nation.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law sweeping legislation Monday that calls for the death penalty in cases of “aggravated homosexuality,” which the state defines as homosexual acts carried out by those infected with HIV or homosexual acts that involve children, disabled people or those drugged against their will. The law calls for life in prison for engaging in gay sex.
The law has provoked public backlash from officials, including from President Biden, who responded by threatening sanctions against those involved with carrying out related human rights abuses. He also said he instructed his National Security Council “to evaluate the implications of this law on all aspects of U.S. engagement with Uganda.”