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Uganda: Museveni Distances Himself from "Cruel" Anti-Gay Bill
Jan. 14, 2010
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has indicated he will not back a bill that would impose the death sentence for the crime of "aggravated homosexuality" - when an HIV-positive person has sex with anyone who is disabled or under the age of 18.
Museveni appears to have bowed to international pressure, telling members of his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had all urged him to ensure the controversial bill does not go ahead.
"I told them that this bill was brought up by a private member and I have not even had time to discuss it with him; it is neither the government nor the NRM Party," he told party members during a meeting on 13 January, according to local media. "This is a foreign policy issue and we have to discuss it in a manner that does not compromise our principles but also takes care of our foreign policy interests."
© 2010 IRIN
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http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/11904
category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 20 January 2010
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