US may restrict visas for Ugandan officials in wake of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Antony Blinken says he's looking to promote accountability' for Ugandan officials who have violated rights of LGBTQ+ people

The US may restrict visas issued to Ugandan officials in its latest condemnation to the African country's enactment of stringent - and highly controversial - anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said that Joe Biden's White House is deeply troubled" by the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which was signed into law by Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president, on Monday. Blinken said that he was looking to promote accountability" for Ugandan officials who have violated the rights of LGBTQ+ people, with possible measures including the curtailment of visas.