March 22, 2014
by J. Lester Feder / Buzzfeed.com
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agency for International Development has sent a signal to grant recipients in Uganda that it will consider delaying major initiatives in response to the Anti-Homosexuality Act.
On Feb. 28, four days after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed legislation into law imposing up to a lifetime sentence for homosexuality and required LGBT be reported to police, USAID Mission Director Leslie Reed sent a memo entitled, “USG [U.S. Government] Response to enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.”
“I am informing you that all external events, ribbon cuttings, workshops, launches, and/or program close-outs now require USAID/Uganda pre-approval,” Reed wrote.
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