Sep 01, 2007Quickie Link: Homophobes in Uganda Snatch at Human Rights Watch
By vanrozenheim
(Uganda) - Homophobic activists have lashed out at Human Rights Watch for defending gay rights describing the act as lack of respect to Uganda’s culture and values. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) recent letter to President Yoweri Museveni alleged that his government was promoting homophobia in the Ugandan society. Pastor Martin Ssempa the publicist of Interfaith Rainbow Coalition against Homosexuality (Infah) told journalists in Kampala yesterday that "Ugandans will never succumb to foreign pressure" to legalise homosexuality. Infah has also written a protest letter to HRW. In the letter Mr Ssempa said: “Even though gay organisations are pouring dollars into the country’economy, Ugandans are not ready to accept them in the society.”
