Tag: Commonwealth
Rwanda: Round-Ups Linked to Commonwealth Meeting
Detention, Ill-Treatment of Poor, Gay, and Transgender People
Sultan of Brunei’s hotel besieged in protest at gay death penalty
Nearly 400 hundred people rallied outside the Dorchester Hotel in London on Saturday 6 April to protest against Brunei’s enactment of death by stoning for homosexuality, adultery and insulting the prophet Mohammad.
India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law
India’s landmark Supreme Court decision that criminalising consensual same-sex conduct is unconstitutional is a major victory for human rights and the LGBT people’s rights to privacy and non-discrimination in the world’s second most populous country, Human Rights Watch said today.
Protest urges Commonwealth leaders to scrap anti-LGBTQ laws
Over 120 LGBTQ+ rights defenders protested today as the Commonwealth heads of government met in London. The protest was backed by gay Olympian Tom Daley.
End criminalisation of LGBTQ in 37 Commonwealth states
Eighty LGBTQ rights defenders protested as Her Majesty the Queen, the UK Prime Minister and Commonwealth High Commissioners celebrated Commonwealth Day 2018 at Westminster Abbey in London, 12 March 2018.
Sri Lanka: Anti-LGBTI abuses exposed by Human Rights Watch
LGBTI group Equal Ground speaks out & urges reform.