We, the members of OutRage! in London, express our sincere condolences to Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and to the Ugandan LGBTI community concerning the tragic, brutal murder of David Kato. We salute David and his immense, brave contribution to LGBTI human rights in Uganda. He was an inspiring campaigner of long and great commitment. He … Statement by OutRage! on the murder of David Kato in Uganda
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has slammed FIFA, accusing it of “rewarding tyranny”, after its decision to award the next two football world cups to Russia and Qatar respectively: “Awarding the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Qatar and Russia is a big mistake. Both countries have poor human rights records. They restrict freedom of … FIFA’s shame, collusion with authoritarian governments
Commenting on the UN vote to remove sexual orientation from the resolution against extra-judicial, summary and arbitrary executions: The UN: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2010/gashc3997.doc.htm IGLHRC: http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/pressroom/pressrelease/1257.html Gay rights and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said: “This is a shameful day in United Nations history. It gives a de facto green light to the on-going murder of LGBT people … UN vote “shameful”
Stonewall has finally decided it does support same-sex marriage after all. Peter Tatchell of OutRage! said: “This is good news, at last. Thanks to everyone who lobbied Stonewall to change its policy. “We are pleased that Stonewall has finally joined other LGBT organisations in seeking to overturn the homophobic ban on same-sex civil marriage. We … Stonewall finally supports marriage equality