Today Australia brought in sanctions against Iran for its treatment of women and girls.
However no action would appear to have been taken against Uganda and other African countries for their systematic persecution of gays and lesbians.
Gay people in Africa are being attacked in the streets, their house are burnt down, and complaints to the police are ignored or charged with offenses that carry life imprisonment or even the death penalty.
The situation in many African and Islamic countries is extremely serious.
I call on Western governments to immediately sanction countries who persecute gays and lesbians.
At the very least they could fast-track applications for gay people whose lives are in danger.
We cannot just stand by and watch as gay people are systematically persecuted.
We must act!
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