CPS drop case against street preacher Charges withdrawn after Tatchell offers to testify for defence Home Secretary urged to issue new guidelines to police and CPS Arrest for anti-gay views is unjustified and heavy-handed The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped all charges against homophobic Christian street preacher, Dale McAlpine, shortly after gay rights campaigner … Freedom of speech must be defended, even for homophobes
David Allison, spokesman for gay rights group OutRage!, said: “These figures show that hate crimes are not something that you can just ignore. It suggests there is something wrong with society that people can’t tolerate each other. “However, one has to bear in mind that a proportion of the increase is down to a greater … The London Paper: Steep rise in gay-hate crimes in London
270 days after the April Bomb, and after 1000 days of inaction by New Labour, OutRage! publishes a 10-point reply sent to the Home Secretary, demanding progress. For the personal attention of: The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Home Secretary. Copy: The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP, 10, Downing Street. Copy: The Rt. Hon. Dr. … Reply to Jack Straw
Annotated reply from Jack Straw to OutRage!’s letter to the Prime Minister of 21st July on Government Action following the Soho Bomb. Home Secretary, Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AT. Our Ref: SEN/99 35/70/34 P0 17278/99 22nd November, 1999. Thank you for your letter of 21 July to the Prime Minister which raises a number … Letter from the Home Secretary in Reply to OutRage! Letter to Tony Blair
Annotated reply from the Home Office to OutRage!’s letter to the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, following the bombing of the ‘Admiral Duncan’ pub. Home Office, Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AT. 23rd June, 1999. Thank you for your letter of 3 May following the Soho bombing. I apologise for the delay in sending this reply … Letter from Home Office on Government Action after Soho bombing
The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Home Secretary. 14th May, 1999. I am writing on behalf of the lesbian and gay human rights group OutRage! to call for a public inquiry into the police failure to warn the lesbian and gay population that Old Compton Street and other gay districts were potential bomb targets. Some … Letter to Jack Straw – Call for Public Enquiry after Soho bombing
PETER TATCHELL of OutRage! says the police failure to warn the lesbian and gay public about the bomb threat was “complacent and irresponsible”. While the police deserve mostly praise for their liaison with the lesbian and gay community since the Soho bombing, their failure to forewarn the homosexual public that gay venues could be attacked … Police Failed to Warn Gay Public: OutRage! call for a Public Enquiry
Despite driving rain earlier in the afternoon, 1000 people of all races and sexualities thronged Old Compton Street at 6:30 on Friday, 7th May, for the Vigil commemorating the victims of the bomb one week earlier, and the victims of the two previous bombings in Brixton and Brick Lane. As well as an act of … April Bombings: Vigil of Remembrance
The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Home Secretary. 3rd May, 1999. Dear Mr. Straw, Government Action following Friday’s Soho bombing Given your hospital visits to those injured by the bomb, it is plain that your weekend, like that of so many of us, has been disrupted by the blast, (albeit not in the devasting way … Letter to Jack Straw — Call for Government Action after Soho bombing
OutRage! is calling on the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, to respond to the Soho bombing by bringing in new laws to crack down on homophobic hate crimes. “We want the Crime & Disorder Act 1998 amended to impose tougher sentences for violence against lesbians and gay men. Such legislation would be a permanent, positive memorial … Call for Tough New Laws against Antigay Hate Crimes