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Uganda accuses West of blackmail in its response to anti-LGBTQ law

Ugandan Members of Parliament celebrate after passing the anti-Homosexuality bill, during a sitting inside the Parliament Buildings, in Kampala, Uganda May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda on Tuesday condemned the Western response to the East African country's new anti-LGBTQ law, considered one of the harshest in the world, and said sanctions threats from donors amounted to "blackmail".

The law signed by President Yoweri Museveni carries the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality", an offence that includes transmitting HIV through gay sex.

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