“He is a torturer and should be arrested for human rights abuses” Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was beaten up and briefly knocked unconscious as he attempted to stage a citizen’s arrest of the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Brussels today, Monday 5 March 2001. As Mr Tatchell … Tatchell Confronts President Mugabe
Keith Goddard of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) says last October’s OutRage! protest against President Mugabe has had huge positive benefits. When we first heard about OutRage!’s attempt to arrest President Mugabe of Zimbabwe during his annual shopping expedition to London late last year, none of us realised the massive impact it would have … Zimbabwe: Mugabe arrest provokes positive response
OutRage! Vow to Arrest Mugabe again if he returns to Britain OutRage! is claiming a legal and moral victory after all charges against the “Mugabe Three” –Chris Morris, Peter Tatchell and Alastair Williams– were dropped at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court, London, on Friday, 10th December. The vindicated defendants walked free from court, jubilantly displaying placards … Zimbabwe: Charges Dropped against Morris, Tatchell & Williams
Letter headed with Zimbabwean colours OutRage! campaigner Peter Tatchell has received a death threat in response to his attempted citizen’s arrest of the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, on charges of torture and the abuse of gay human rights. The death threat appears to originate from Zimbabweans, as it is headed with the national colours of … Zimbabwe: Tatchell Death Threat
Responding to President Mugabe’s assurance at the Commonwealth Summit that gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell would be welcome to visit Zimbabwe, Mr. Tatchell says he hopes to take up the President’s offer early next year. “I want a meeting with the President to urge an end to human rights abuses, and to support his call … Tatchell will visit Zimbabwe in response to Mugabe Invitation
Gay and Lesbian Community in Zimbabwe Delighted at Developments Following the Pink Paper’s leading front page article, (Friday, 12th Nov.), GALZ, Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe, have written the following letter to remove any doubt about their position on the attempted arrest of President Mugabe on the 30th October and the resultant positive developments. Note, … Mugabe Arrest: GALZ Response to “Pink Paper” Article
Call for Zimbabwe’s Explusion from the Commonwealth OutRage! has condemned as “shameful appeasement” the British Government’s expression of “regret” to President Mugabe over his citizen’s arrest by OutRage! members during a visit to London on the 30th October. The words of regret were expressed to Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister in a phone call by Peter Hain … Blair Government Condemned over “Regret” to Mugabe
The Prime Minister, 10, Downing Street. 9th November, 1999. Dear Tony Blair, COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT 1999 HOMOPHOBIC PERSECUTION & OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN ZIMBABWE I am writing on behalf of the gay human rights group OutRage! to request that, during the Commonwealth Summit in South Africa, you initiate moves to expel Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth … PM urged to expell Zimbabwe from Commonwealth
Tatchell, accompanied by Williams, about to open the car door: just before the driver moves forward, forcing the photographer onto the bonnet. OutRage! members today attempted to make a citizen’s arrest on the notoriously homophobic President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, in a bid to prevent him from committing further acts of torture, (Saturday, 30th October). … Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe detained on charges of torture by gay rights protesters
OutRage! urges activists concerned about the persecution in Zimbabwe of Keith Goddard of GALZ on trumped-up charges to send letters of protest to: Zimbabwe High Commission, 429, Strand, London WC2. Tel. 020-78.36.77.55 President of Zimbabwe, The President’s Office, Post Bag 7700, Causeway, Harare, ZIMBABWE. Dear Robert Mugabe, You will recall that we met over coffee … Zimbabwe: Trumped-up Prosecution of GALZ President on Sodomy Charges