Conservative MP Mike Weatherley calls on David Cameron to speak out against Russia’s anti-gay laws
Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove, has written a letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron stating “Britain, as a bastion of gay rights, has a duty not to stay silent over Russia’s appalling treatment of LGBT people.”
Following Stephen Fry’s open letter to David Cameron on Wednesday, in which he urged the Prime Minister and the IOC to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics, the government responded by saying it was working closely with organisers to ensure the Games were free from discrimination.
Prime Minister David Cameron has so far not commented publicly on the matter.
He said he had “no patience for countries that try to treat gays and lesbians and transgender persons in ways that intimidate them or are harmful to them.”
Last week, along with criticism of Russia’s LGBT stance by the UK Foreign Office, a government source told PinkNews.co.uk that they anticipated the issue of homophobic oppression in Russia would be raised at September’s G20 Heads of Government meeting.
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