Event not āsponsored or organized byā the Vatican
Country's Anti-Homosexuality Act signed in 2023
Pontiff met with Clare Byarugaba from Uganda and Ebenezer Peegah from Ghana
Antony Blinken reiterates criticism of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act
US has sanctioned government officials over law
Group arrested on Oct. 21 after 'threatened by mob' in Kampala
Prominent advocates among those arrested on Thursday
Yoweri Museveni signed Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2014
Obama in 2011 issued presidential memorandum on subject