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A Ugandan lawmaker wears clothes with an anti-LGBTQ message as he enters the Parliament building to vote on a harsh new anti-gay bill, in Kampala, March 21, 2023. [AP Photo]
Uganda on Tuesday condemned the Western response to the East African country's new anti-LGBTQ law, considered one of the harshest in the world, and said sanctions threats from donors amounted to "blackmail."
The law signed by President Yoweri Museveni carries the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," an offense that includes transmitting HIV through gay sex.
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