TATCHELL: LUTON ISLAMIC TRIAL VERDICT “DANGEROUS”

Peter Tatchell today has today warned about threat to free speech and the right to protest following the guilty verdicts against five Muslim men who protested at a home-coming parade by soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton last year. The convicted men were associated with fundamentalist...

January 12th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights, News | Read More

UK URGED TO ACT ON MALAWI ARRESTS

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is being urged to press the Malawian government to release two men, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who are being held on remand over their alleged homosexual relationship, to drop all charges against them and to repeal the country’s anti-gay laws. Miliband...

January 8th, 2010 | International, News | Read More

MALAWI GAY MARRIAGE TRIAL NEXT WEEK

A Malawian court yesterday refused bail to two men who celebrated their engagement to be married in a traditional African ceremony, which they held late last year. Giving his ruling at a court in the city of Blantyre on Monday 4 January, judge Nyakwawa Usiwa-Usiwa claimed Steven Monjeza (26) and Tiwonge...

January 5th, 2010 | International, News | Read More

NIGERIAN TERROR PLOTTER LINKED TO EAST LONDON MOSQUE

A relative of Umar Abdulmutallab – the man arrested for trying to blow up a plane on Christmas Day has claimed that he came under the influence of extremist groups after visiting the East London Mosque. The mosque has attracted criticism from Peter Tatchell after hosting events for a number of...

December 28th, 2009 | News | Read More

TATCHELL STANDS DOWN: FULL STATEMENT

In a statement released today, Peter Tatchell, human rights activist, has said that he is standing down as Green Party candidate for Oxford East due to brain injuries he received in Moscow. The statement reads: “It is with great regret and reluctance that I am standing down as the Green Party parliamentary...

December 16th, 2009 | Interviews, News | Read More

PROTESTERS URGE: “DROP ANTI-HOMO BILL”

Nearly 100 protesters rallied outside the Ugandan Embassy in London on Human Rights Day to support the Ugandan LBGTI community. They called on the Ugandan government to drop its Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which is currently being debated by the Ugandan parliament. Under this law, Ugandans will face execution...

December 11th, 2009 | News | Read More

BORIS CHRISTMAS CAROLS WITH HOMO-HATE EVANGELISTA

Peter Tatchell has today criticised London Mayor Boris Johnson for accepting a carol-service invite from homo-hate clergyman Agu Irukwu. According to Tatchell, Irukwu is a long-time opponent of gay equality and opposes civil partnerships and the fostering of children by same-sex couples. Tatchell adds:...

December 9th, 2009 | News | Read More

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 URGES THT AND GMFA TO HELP END GAY BLOOD BAN

Peter Tatchell and OutRage! are urging gay charities the Terrence Higgins Trust and Gay Men Fighting Aids to actively campaign for an end to the blanket, lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood. “We have campaigned against the universal gay blood ban for 17 years, since 1992. THT and...

November 27th, 2009 | News | Read More

COMMONWEALTH RAPPED FOR IGNORING HOMO-ABUSE

Image via Wikipedia Gay rights campaigner and Green Party human rights spokesperson Peter Tatchell has accused Commonwealth leaders of a “systematic, persistent failure to condemn homophobic discrimination and violence.” He’s urged Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma...

November 26th, 2009 | International, News | Read More