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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsday 20240706

we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said. in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five paragraph statement release condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions, warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances

Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsday 20240706

homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. we see that the more the states do this, the more the lgbt+ is impacted. so this bill, as it is signed now into law by president mr veni is having real consequences on the lgbt+ individuals in uganda but also across the region. i also spoke to activist jay mulucha to find out what reaction has been on the ground in the capital, kampala. he told me what the reaction has been. in uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so scary. everyone was tensed up, the situation was not good. we are so scared, that s what i can tell you, because we didn t expect the bill to be signed as soon as today. though we knew that one day he will sign the bill, the president will sign the bill, we did not expect it to come in as soon as today. you can never prepare for bad news. the international community is a

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsday 20240604 00:01:00

homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. we see that the more the states do this, the more the lgbt+ is impacted. so this bill, as it is signed now into law by president mr veni is having real consequences on the lgbt+ individuals in uganda but also across the region. i also spoke to activist

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsday 20240604 23:03:00

pulling back on this? that is possible. about $1 billion a year almost, it s been estimated, and there is every chance of that, and of course there are other things that will come under examination now, including provisions for duty free access for certain goods from uganda into the us market. that is up for review, the white house says, as well. it is looking very hard at what is happening there and, in their statement, they make the point that this is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in uganda. that and corruption in uganda. david willis in los angeles. i also spoke to activist jay mulucha to find out what reaction has been on the ground in the capital, kampala. in uganda, at the moment, the situation is bad. we woke up to the bad news of the president signing the bill and it was so scary.

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