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26 April 2012Iran believed to have executed a ‘gangster’ for engaging in gay sexual activities 27 A young man described as a 'gangster' who is known only by the initials CH M was hanged publicly in Marwdasht, Fars Province, Iran, for allegedly engaging in 'sodomy' with another man. -
26 April 2012Shadow foreign minister for human rights speaks out against Ugandan anti-gay bill 14 The Shadow Foreign Minister for Human Rights, Kerry McCarthy MP, has spoken out against the ongoing persecution of gay, bi and transgender people in Uganda. -
26 April 2012Man jailed for assaulting gay man and biting police officer 23 A Nottinghamshire man has been jailed after taking part in a homophobic assault and biting a police officer. -
25 April 2012India: Man arrested for allegedly murdering friend who ‘forced him into a gay relationship’ 7 Police in New Delhi have arrested a 20-year-old man, identified only as Wasim, who is accused of murdering a friend who he claimed continually forced him into a homosexual relationship. -
24 April 2012Straight Russian man cleared of ‘gay propaganda’ charge in St Petersburg 5 A judge in St Petersburg has cleared the first man to be charged under the newly-created offence of promoting homosexuality around minors but convicted him of disobeying police orders. -
20 April 2012Northern Ireland: Homophobic killer’s appeal refused 11 A man who was jailed for the homophobic murder of a gay man in Northern Ireland has been denied the chance to appeal the judgment. -
18 April 2012Comment: The gay community, the police and the question of trust 73 Stuart Ross writes that police services need to continue rebuilding confidence with the LGBT communities, and communities need to challenge police by reporting hate crime. -
18 April 2012Canada: Man to be charged today over murder of gay rights activist + A man is due to be charged with second-degree murder today following the death of a popular gay rights activist. -
17 April 2012Canada: Prominent gay activist killed in apparent hate crime 60 A prominent gay rights activist and journalist in Halifax was beaten to death outside a popular gay bar, Canadian media organisations report, in what seems to be a homophobic hate crime.
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17 April 2012Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex was ‘only kissing and cuddling’ 55 A Scottish man jailed in Dubai for having gay sex behind a petrol station one night claims has said there was 'no sex involved'. -
16 April 2012Lesbian PCSO jailed for passing secrets to other gay friends 19 A lesbian police community support officer (PCSO) in Wales has been imprisoned for ten months, for passing on confidential information to other gay people in her area, the Daily Telegraph reports. -
16 April 2012St Petersburg: First hearings for men arrested under anti-gay law postponed 5 The trial of two men who are the first to be prosecuted under St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors has reportedly been adjourned due to missing documents. -
13 April 2012US gay hate-crime law leads to its first indictments 12 In the first set of indictments that follows from a federal hate crime law which protects against attacks motivated by sexual orientation, two women from Kentucky have pleaded guilty to helping in the kidnap and assault of a gay man. -
13 April 2012Northern Ireland: Inquiry into Catholic priest’s gay porn display hindered by laptop theft 76 An investigation into how a Catholic priest managed to project pornographic gay images to a room of primary school parents instead of a presentation on Holy Communion has been hindered by the theft of the laptop from his home. -
12 April 2012Dubai: British man jailed for three years for public gay sex 60 Two men have been sentenced for three years in jail for having drunken gay sex in public in Dubai.
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12 April 2012Malta: Court hears details of assault on teenage lesbian couple 2 Further details of an attack against a lesbian couple in the Maltese town of Hamrun emerged at a court hearing yesterday, with a defendant reportedly head-butting one of the girls. -
12 April 2012Two women and a man arrested in the Gambia on gay charges 18 Three people have been arrested in the Gambia this week on indecency charges related to homosexuality. -
12 April 2012Teenager’s sentence altered after anti-gay stabbing 60 A London teenager who stabbed a gay man in the chest and leg has had his sentence changed from an indefinite period to a nine-year term due to his age. -
11 April 2012Gloucester police appeal after man bitten in anti-gay attack 9 Gloucester police have released an image of a bite injury sustained by a man who was subjected to homophobic abuse in an early-morning assault. -
10 April 2012Devon police appeal for witnesses to driver’s homophobic comments 7 Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an incident in Gold Street in the Devon town of Tiverton.
