More criticism emerges for Uganda's anti-HIV bill
04/02/2010
Lawmakers in the US have become the latest figures to condemn Uganda's anti-HIV bill, which the African country has been proposing to pass into law.
Speaking this week democrat and house foreign affairs committee chairman Howard Berman said that the measures, if implemented, would be negative for the country as a whole, reported AFP.
He added: "The proposed Ugandan bill not only threatens human rights, it also reverses so many of the gains that Uganda has made in the fight against HIV and AIDS."
Legislation was introduced in the US condemning the proposals and was sponsored by over three dozen representatives, just one of which is a republican, the news provider highlighted.
Other bodies to criticise the bill in the past include Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Sexual Minorities Uganda. David Kato, a spokesperson for the latter organisation, described it as a "blow to democracy" and "profoundly undemocratic and un-African".
Written by John Curtis
