Petition Urges Obama: Disinvite Uganda's Antigay President
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Petition Urges Obama: Disinvite Uganda's Antigay President
LGBT ally Milton Allimadi's Change.org petition calls on the U.S. president to exclude Museveni for homophobic remarks, alleged war crimes, and signing Uganda's draconian antigay law.
BY Thom Senzee
July 23 2014
Human rights activists are hoping to convince President Barack Obama to rescind an invitation extended to Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni to participate in the upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., citing alleged corruption, war crimes, and the draconian antigay law Museveni signed into law in February.
Self-described LGBT ally and human rights activist Milton Allimadi launched a Change.org petition intended to persuade Obama to "Dis-invite Gen. Museveni, Uganda's Homophobic Tyrant" from the upcoming summit, slated to take place in the nation's capitol August 4 through 6, according to the site Allimadi publishes, Black Star News.
Allimadi, who was born in Uganda but who now lives in New York City, notes that Museveni proudly led a five-hour parade celebrating the antigay law's passage earlier this year, with thousands of attendees chanting antigay slurs.
"The idea of a summit that gives global visibility and highlights business and development opportunities in Africa is long overdue," writes Allimadi. "However the gathering … risks being overshadowed by the presence of two of Africa's most notorious dictators, Rwanda's Gen. Paul Kagame and Uganda's Gen. Museveni."....
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