Kampala affirms that the attacker would be a person “angry” by the bill toughening penalties for homosexuals
March 23 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least one person has been injured in a “violent incident” at the Ugandan Embassy in New York that Ugandan authorities have attributed to a person “angry” over the recently passed bill providing for prison sentences. perpetual for homosexuals.
“Violent incident at the Uganda House in New York”, denounced the Ugandan permanent representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare, who has detailed that the injured person is a South Sudanese diplomat.
Thus, he stated that “an individual who has yet to be identified has damaged a window in the back door and injured a South Sudanese diplomat.” “The Police are on the scene. Fortunately, the security cameras have captured the incident,” she said.
“It is too early to establish the reasons, but the individual would be angry about the bill approved by the Ugandan Parliament on LGTBI people. There will be more details later,” he asserted on his account on the social network Twitter.
Ayebare has emphasized that the bill has not been approved and has criticized the “misleading” information from the “international media” that points in this direction. “Until the president gives his approval, it is not law. Separation of powers,” she added.
The text approved by the Ugandan Parliament penalizes the mere identification as LGTBI, with punishments that can reach life imprisonment and even the death penalty if it is classified as ‘aggravated homosexuality’, in cases where it is considered that there is no consent or coercion . Those who promote same-sex relationships risk up to 20 years in prison.
The law has been criticized by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, who has indicated that it is worrisome” insofar as it proposes punishing the LGTBI collective “simply for existing” and “for being who they are”.
Likewise, the European Union has pointed out that “the criminalization of homosexuality is contrary to International Law” and has recalled one of the clauses of the African Charter, which defends that “everyone has the duty to respect and consider their peers without discrimination “.
For his part, the spokesman for the National Security Council of the United States, John Kirby, has indicated that Washington will analyze “possible repercussions.” “We would have to investigate whether or not there will be possible repercussions, perhaps economic, if this law is finally promulgated,” he argued.
