World Bank halts all loans to Uganda due to its vicious anti-LGBTQ+ law

Activists hold signs protesting Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Act”
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The World Bank has announced that it has stopped all lending to Uganda because the nation’s horrific anti-LGBTQ+ law does not align with its values.

“Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values,” the group said in a statement. “We believe our vision to eradicate poverty on a livable planet can only succeed if it includes everyone irrespective of race, gender, or sexuality. This law undermines those efforts. Inclusion and non-discrimination sit at the heart of our work around the world.”

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexualiy Act earlier this year. While homosexual sex was already punishable by life imprisonment under the country’s colonial-era penal code, the new law imposes a 20-year sentence for “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same-sex “activities” and even bans…

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