Gambia: U.S. Charge d'Affaires Speaks 'U.S. Not Pushing a Lifestyle but Calling On Gambia to Respect Human Rights"

The new Charge d'Affaires of the United States Embassy has denied the claim that they are imposing homosexuality on The Gambia and rather maintained that they are calling on the government to respect human rights by not persecuting people for their sexual orientation and further take measures to prevent arbitrary arrests, detentions without trial, extra judicial executions and disappearances.Ambassador George Staples restated the position of the United States at an 'on the record' press conference with members of the independent media on Friday, 12 December, 2014 at the residence of the US Charge d'Affaires on Atlantic Road in Fajara.

The new Charge d'Affaires said the statement from the US government is not imposing any lifestyle on the Gambian people but simply asking the government of the Gambia to respect and protect human rights. He said homosexuality is not the big issue in The Gambia but human rights abuses.

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