Ruth Acheng will be required to leave the country by Wednesday because of ‘many unresolved issues,’ according to a Ugandan cabinet minister quoted in local media
A Ugandan flag flies above the Pflag during the kickoff for world pride 2014 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto on June 20, 2014. Canada has ordered the expulsion of Uganda’s top diplomat in Ottawa after she angrily confronted a group of protesters near Parliament Hill and threatened to call the police on them, Ugandan media say.
Canada’s global affairs department did not confirm or deny the report, citing the need to protect “confidential state-to-state communications.”, declined to discuss the matter, but said: “A decision to declare a foreign representative ‘persona non grata’ is not one that is taken lightly.” At one point in the confrontation, she tells the protestors that she will “send for the police to kick you out of here.”At another point, the protesters tell Ms. Acheng that opposition activists in Uganda are being abducted – a reference to the disappearance and death of a number of activists.
In recent years, the Ugandan government has sparked global criticism by criminalizing homosexuality and approving an anti-gay law that authorizes lengthy prison terms and even the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”
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