أوغندا: وقف المساعدات الغربية عقابا على حظر الشذوذ

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بدعم إسلامي واسع شمل جميع القطاعات الإسلامية وحملات لمساندة الدولة، أكدت الحكومة الأوغندية تمسُّكها بقانون حظر الشذوذ والمعاقبة عليه، وذلك ردًّا على حرمان الدول الغربية لملايين الدولارات التي تمنحها كمساعدات عقابًا لـ"أوغندا" على إقرار هذا القانون؛ حيث أكد وزير الأخلاق أن الدولة لن تتراجع ولن تخجل من التخلص من الشذوذ، وعدم الحاجة لمساعدات الغرب.

وقد استنكرت "الولايات المتحدة" حظر الشذوذ، وشَبَّهته بقمْع اليهود في الثلاثينيات، وقامت "هولندا" و"الدنمارك" و"النرويج" بإجراءات لوقف المساعدات، إضافة إلى البنك الدولي الذي أوقف دعمه للقطاع الصحي في "أوغندا"؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Keep Your Aid: Uganda Tells West

In the first reaction to the west move to cut off millions of dollars in aid to Uganda after the country introduced new law against homosexuality, Uganda’s ethics minister has asserted that his country was indifferent about the withdrawal of Western aid, adding that “the world does not owe them a living.”

“We will not shy away from this, we want to rid this country of homosexuality and if that means these people - Obama, Hague, you name them - want to stop their aid then let them,” Uganda's ethics minister Simon Lokodo told The Telegraph.

“We don’t need it, we won’t die poor, and we will at least be able to save these gays from damnation.

“Homosexuality cannot be accommodated in our culture. We have taken that position as a government because this is a democracy and it is what the people want.”

Defying aid donors' threats who grant Uganda about $2 billion every year, President Museveni signed last Monday the controversial anti-homosexuality bill that will punish gay sex with sentences up to life imprisonment.

His move was followed harsh criticism from western countries that the law imposes tough penalties for homosexuality.

The first reaction came for US State Secretary John Kerry condemning it as “morally wrong” and compared it to the crackdown on Jews in Germany in the 1930s.

Three European countries have already taken measures to cut millions of dollars of aid going to the Ugandan government.

The Netherlands has also said it is stopping all aid going to the Ugandan government, but will continue to support non-governmental groups.

Norway and Denmark took similar action, slashing annual payments of around $16 million.

Following suit, the World Bank stalled a $90 million loan that was going to help the Ugandan health system on Thursday.

A spokesperson for the World Bank said the payment had been halted to ensure “development objectives would not be adversely affected by the enactment of this new law.”