Ugandan MP’s Visa Denied

Sarah Achieng Opendi, who called for homosexuals to be castrated during a parliamentary debate, may not be able to attend a UN meeting in New York next week. Opendi expressed “shock” after the US embassy in Kampala rejected her application to travel to the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, pending “administrative” review. Activists in Uganda have welcomed the actions. “In the process of discussing the sweeping and repressive anti-homosexuality law, many Ugandan legislators stated they do not care about the concerns of development partners as they do not need to travel to their jurisdictions. It is the case of the chicken coming home to roost,” said the human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo.

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN