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Us Pressurizing Nigeria On Anti Gay Law by highbeeola(m): 9:28pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
United States government has vowed
to continue to press the Nigerian
government to reverse its anti-gay law.
The US Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield,
said this during a live-web chat with
journalists in Washington. Our
correspondent monitored the web chat in
Abuja.
Thomas-Greenfield also said that America
was not bothered that Chinese companies
were fast taking over the African market
from their US counterparts.
President Goodluck Jonathan had on
January 7, 2014 assented to the Same
Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 which
criminalises homosexuality in the country.
On January 14 when it became public that
the President had signed the bill into law,
the US, Canada and the European Union
openly expressed reservations over the
law.
Thomas-Greenfield, who said the US had
adopted the protection of the rights of
same-sex people as part of its foreign
policies, vowed that Washington would
continue to mount and sustain pressure
on Nigeria and other countries to reverse
their laws against the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender community.
She said, “ As a government, it is one of the
highest priorities and strongest values that
discrimination against anyone based on
their sexual orientation and gender identity
is wrong. We believe human rights should
be available to everybody.
“As a policy, we will continue to press the
government of Nigeria as well as other
governments who have provided legislation
that discriminate against the LGBT
community.”
Thomas-Greenfiled, who did not agree
that pressuring Nigeria to reverse the anti-
gay law amounted to interference, said the
country and Uganda had the hardest
legislation on the gay community.
She said, “This is very much a work in
progress, but I think you will agree with me
that the law in Nigeria really went far in
discriminating against this community but
also people who associate with them.
“So we will continue to press the
government, to press the legislature to
change these laws and provide human
rights for all Nigerian people regardless of
their sexual orientation.”
She, however, did not disclose if the US
would impose sanctions on the countries
with anti-gay laws to achieve its
objectives.
Thomas-Greenfield was optimistic that the
U.S would win the fight to protect the
LGBT community.
She said, “With what is happening in the US,
you can determine how far we are willing to
go. We strongly believe human rights for all
people and we are particularly opposed to
legislation that actually targets the gay
community for discrimination. So we are
prepared to push this as a policy not just in
Africa but across the world.” |
Re: Us Pressurizing Nigeria On Anti Gay Law by Nobody: 9:58pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Would be interesting to see how this plays out ....and could you share your source please? |
Re: Us Pressurizing Nigeria On Anti Gay Law by psucc(m): 10:04pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
. . . and that will be one of topics to be discussed during Buhari's visit. If the US dangle 'support' to get him tow their path, am afraid Buhari will fall. This is so especially because he is too nervous and desperate. |
Re: Us Pressurizing Nigeria On Anti Gay Law by highbeeola(m): 10:07pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
www.naij.com/59055.html?pk_campaign=ush
that the source |
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