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"Europe must intervene on this matter with all the tools it has available, particularly within the scope of the Cotonou Agreement. We must demand the immediate withdrawal of this draconian bill; otherwise there will be consequences for economic and political cooperation with Uganda.
When I learnt about the content of this proposed legislation and when I heard reports about the sad fate of homosexuals in Uganda, Sudan, Iran and Nigeria, to mention just a few examples, I realised how deplorably deep-rooted homophobia still is in many cultures, in blatant violation of those countries’ human rights obligations. The role played by far-right evangelical Christians in the United States in mobilising and financing several initiatives of this kind in Africa is shocking.
Europe and its institutions must do all they can on the ground in the countries in question to neutralise and fight the evil, obscurantist influence of these agents of intolerance, who are instigating a new wave of hate crimes in Africa."@en1
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