Posts Tagged ‘parliament’

LONDON PROTEST AGAINST UGANDAN ANTI-GAY BILL

Outrage is supporting a protest this Thursday 10th December against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that’s currently being debated in the Ugandan parliament. The bill proposes the death penalty for agrreavated and serial homosexual acts and extends the existing penalty of life imprisonment for anal...
December 7th, 2009 | International | Read More

TATCHELL’S LETTER TO COMMONWEALTH LEADER

Copy of Peter Tatchell’s letter to the Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma Commonwealth Secretary-General Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX 020 7747 6500 secretary-general@commonwealth.int 19 November 2009 Your Excellency, I am writing to inquire what the Commonwealth is...
November 26th, 2009 | International, News | Read More

SHARI’AH LAW MARCH IN LONDON THIS SATURDAY

A march is to take place in London on Saturday 31st October demanding Shari’ah law be implemented in Britain. Organised by Islam4UK – an offshoot of the banned Al Muhajiroun group – the march will begin at Parliament, pass through Whitehall and end at Trafalgar Square. According to...
October 26th, 2009 | News | Read More

BROWN RECOMMENDS CIVIL CEREMONIES IN PARLIAMENT

Yesterday, Gordon Brown made the recommendation that civil partnership ceremonies for gay MPs and Peers should be allowed to take place in the Palace of Westminster in a drive to flag up parliament’s commitment to gay rights and equality. He made the recommendation in his 20-minute speech at the...
October 20th, 2009 | News | Read More