Tag: hate crime
On the record statement from the Human Rights Campaign
This afternoon is the deadline for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to file amendments to the Immigration Reform bill the committee will start marking up on Thursday.
Somalia rebels kill man for gay sex
A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act.
European Parliament calls for a ban on homophobic and transphobic hate crime/speech
ILGA-Europe wholeheartedly welcomes today’s resolution by the European Parliament calling to criminalise homophobic and transphobic hate crime and speech across the European Union.
Walesa escapes hate crime charge after anti-gay tirade
Prosecutors will not be pressing hate charges against Lech Walesa after his comments that gay MPs should “sit at the back of parliament”.
East London homophobic abuse ‘vigilante’ victim comes forward
A man subjected to homophobic abuse in east London has contacted police after a public appeal.
Police investigate hate crimes on central Scotland trains
British Transport Police are investigating two unconnected hate crime incidents on board trains in central Scotland.