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Norway cuts Uganda aid in gay law protest
Norway has announced it is holding back 50 million kroner ($8m) of aid to Uganda in protest at its new draconian law against homosexuality on the grounds that the law violates "fundamental human rights".
"Norway deeply regrets that Uganda's president today signed a new and stricter law against homosexuality," Norway's foreign minister, Børge Brende, said in a statement on Monday. "It will worsen the situation of an already vulnerable group, and criminalize individuals and organizations working for the rights of sexual minorities."
The new law strengthens the existing penalties for homosexual acts, with gay men now facing life imprisonment if arrested and found guilty.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni accused his Western critics of social imperialism as he signed the law into force on Monday in a ceremony on the lawn at the presidential residence in Entebbe.
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