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How Could Uganda's Anti-LGBTQ Bill Impact South Sudan? [4:58]


How Could Uganda's Anti-LGBTQ Bill Impact South Sudan? [4:58]
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A South Sudanese analyst says despite some evidence of homophobic sentiment in South Sudan in reaction to the recently passed anti-gay bill in Uganda, South Sudan does not need a bill on homosexual behavior or marriage. Professor of anthropology at Syracuse University Jok Madut Jok says unlike South Sudan’s neighbors to the south —Uganda and Kenya — the question of LGBTQ rights has not been raised for public debate in the young country. He tells Nabeel Biajo the anti-LGBTQ bill passed by the Ugandan parliament, which has yet to be signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni, has political reasons behind it which serve the long-running Museveni administration.

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