U.S. SECRETARY HILLARY CLINTON TO PRESIDENT MUSEVENI/UGANDA: ¨It is critical for all Ugandans - the government and citizens alike - to speak out against discrimination, harassment, and intimidation of anyone"



United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Museveni of Uganda

 During her stop in Uganda yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the brave LGBT activists who risk murder and rape merely by being open about who they are.

"It is critical for all Ugandans - the government and citizens alike - to speak out against discrimination, harassment, and intimidation of anyone. That's true no matter where they come from, what they believe, or whom they love," Clinton said. Clinton said she raised the issue in talks on Friday with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, whose government has been accused of allowing political and religious leaders to drum up anti-gay feeling in the deeply conservative East African nation. "You are a model for others and an inspiration for the world," Clinton said to representatives of the group, formed in 2009 to combat draft legislation which proposed the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality". HERE

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