One Person Injured After Unknown Thugs Broke Into Ugandan Embassy In New York

Unknown thugs have broken into Uganda House, the country’s embassy in New York injuring one person.

This has been confirmed by the Ugandan permanent representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare the sad incident was captured on CCTV cameras.

“An individual yet to be identified damaged a glass of a rear entrance door and injured a South Sudanese Diplomat (tenants),” Ayebare said in a statement.

“The police are on the scene, fortunately, our CCTV cameras captured the incident. It is too early to establish the motive, but the individual was reportedly angry about the bill passed by Uganda Parliament on LGBT. More details to follow,” he added.

The develop[meant comes after Parliament passed the Anti homosexuality bill which is set to criminalise people who identify as gay or LGBTQ.

Individuals could face lengthy prison terms if the bill is signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni.

Uganda is already among 30 African countries that ban same-sex relations. The new proposal would broaden penalties and appears to be the first to outlaw identifying as LGBTQ+, according to Human Rights Watch.

The legislation, which passed Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday, originally imposed up to 10 years in prison for homosexual offences.

But the new version pushed through at the last minute carries the death penalty for what is described as “aggravated homosexuality” – offences involving minors and other vulnerable people – and life imprisonment for the offence of “homosexuality.” A person convicted of “attempted aggravated homosexuality” faces 14 years behind bars.

Supporters of the law say it is needed to punish a broad array of LGBTQ+ activities threatening traditional values in the religious country.

“This country will stand firm and once it is passed, I can tell you, madam speaker, we are going to reinforce the law enforcement officers to make sure that homosexuals have no space in Uganda,” Musa Ecweru, a member of the Ugandan Parliament, said as the bill was considered.

The bill still requires the signature of President Yoweri Museveni to become law. Although he hasn’t commented on the specific legislation, Museveni has previously supported anti-LGBTQ+ measures.

Museveni signed a previous law that had toughened laws against the LGBTQ+ community, but Uganda’s constitutional court nullified it in 2014 solely because it passed parliament without a required quorum.

The US government and the United Nations have since asked President Museveni not to sign into law the bill passed by parliament further threatening to withdraw aid to Uganda.