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20 January 2012Three anti-gay leaflet defendants guilty 540 Three of the defendants accused of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation in Derby have been found guilty. -
20 January 2012Blackmail alleged at gay teen murder trial + The jury at the Scottish trial of Craig Roy, accused of killing gay teenager, Jack Frew, has heard claims that the defendant was being blackmailed by the schoolboy and that the two had slept together. -
19 January 2012Qrushr date attacker convicted of attempted murder + A 21 year old student was convicted of attempted murder earlier this week after stabbing and bludgeoning a man he met on mobile phone 'app,' Qrushr. -
19 January 2012Jury to deliberate on anti-gay leaflets + A jury is set to start its deliberations today in the trial of five men accused of distributing leaflets which would stir up hatred against gays, the first under the newly-created offence.
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18 January 2012‘Life tariff’ upheld for killer of four gay men 19 A man convicted of killing four gay men lost an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights yesterday to overturn the sentence which will see him die in jail. -
17 January 2012Leaflet defendant has ‘no problem with gays’ + One of five men charged after distributing anti-gay leaflets has said in Crown Court that he has no problem with gays. -
17 January 2012Comment: Repeal the Public Order Act’s sweeping Section 5 87 Peter Tatchell argues the law criminalising 'insulting' speech is open to abuse by over-zealous police and prosecutors and constitutes a ban on free speech and the right to protest. -
13 January 2012Man arrested for Facebook gay date in Saudi Arabia 109 As British prime minister, David Cameron visits Saudi Arabia today, activists report the plight of a man arrested by the religious police who may face corporal punishment. -
13 January 2012Leaflet defendant had to ‘stop gays or risk tsunami’ + A man accused of stirring up hatred with anti-gay leaflets said homosexuality needs to be stopped or society risks a natural disaster, a court has heard.
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13 January 2012Full court martial recommended for gay Wikileaks soldier 17 Bradley Manning, the gay soldier at the centre of a storm over leaked military information, has been recommended for a full court martial following a pre-trial hearing over Christmas. -
12 January 2012Anti-gay leaflet defendant ‘wanted police to check slogans’ + A man accused of stirring up hatred with anti-gay leaflets had met with police to ask for advice on how to stay within the law, a court has heard.
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11 January 2012Gay man “terrorised” by leaflets, court told + Gay men have appeared in court in Derby to tell of their experience receiving homophobic leaflets which questioned whether gays should be executed.
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11 January 2012Stephen Fry supports Catholic priest’s ‘gay panic’ petition 6 Stephen Fry backed an Australian Catholic priest's petition to eliminate the "gay panic" defence from Queensland's criminal courts as signatures reached 10,000. -
10 January 20128,500 sign Catholic priest’s petition to end “gay panic” defence 28 A Catholic priest in Queensland, Australia has seen huge support for his petition to have the “gay panic" defence struck out. -
9 January 2012Homophobic Welsh crime rate up on “improved victim confidence” 9 A 40% rise in reported homophobic crime over the last three years in South Wales has been attributed to the increased confidence of gay people to come forward. -
9 January 2012Five men on trial today for “gay death penalty” leaflets + The trial of five men accused of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation begins today. -
9 January 2012Malaysian opposition leader’s sodomy charge thrown out 8 The former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia has been cleared today of the sodomy charges in Kuala Lumpur after key DNA evidence was questioned. -
6 January 2012Not guilty verdict in gay escort’s obscenity trial 53 A jury in London has returned a unanimous not guilty verdict for a man charged under the Obscene Publications Act for distributing DVDs containing scenes of extreme gay sex acts. -
5 January 2012Malaysian opposition leader speaks of “archaic” sodomy laws during trial + The former Deputy Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition in Malaysia has spoken of the "archaic" and "unjust" sodomy laws under which he is standing trial.
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5 January 2012Filipino father admits burning son after discovering three children were gay 11 A Filipino father has told police he drunkenly attacked his son after learning that three of his children were gay.
