Articles about Chile

11 April 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Thatcher talked freedom but supported tyrants’ 17 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell shares his thoughts on Margaret Thatcher who died earlier this week and writes about her relationships with foreign dictators.
6 January 2013
Chile: Marriage equality becomes a key issue in presidential debates 6 The issue of marriage equality became majorly divisive during the first televised debate between two potential presidential nominees for the Chilean Christian Democrat party.
15 December 2012
Chile: Court apologises to judge denied access to her daughters because she is gay 3 The Chilean Government issued an apology to a lesbian judge who was denied custody of her three children because she is gay.
8 December 2012
Chile: Motel fined for discriminating against lesbian couple 4 In the first ruling under a new anti-discrimination law, a Chilean judge has fined a motel for refusing entry to a same-sex couple, and ordered that it can't refuse entry in future.
17 October 2012
UK ambassador apologises for calling Argentinians ‘gay’ 25 Britain's ambassador to Chile has apologised for making a homophobic comment on Twitter.
7 September 2012
Chile: Army general criticised for issuing orders to “avoid gays” 6 Calls for a top Chilean general to retire have come after he issued orders which instructed recruiters to avoid gays and Jehovah's Witnesses.
12 July 2012
Chile’s president signs hate crime legislation into law 15 Chile's president Sebastian Pinera signed anti-discrimination legislation into law today.
28 June 2012
Santiago: Twelfth annual pride parade attracts 80,000 and British ambassador 4 On Saturday, Santiago's twelfth annual pride parade, March for Equality, took place with over 80,000 people demanding further advancement of LGBT rights in Chile.
5 April 2012
Chile: Discrimination law moves closer after gay man’s death 19 A week after the death of Daniel Zamudio, a Chilean gay man who had been the victim of a brutal and sustained attack, the country's Congress has narrowly approved most of the provisions of a bill which would protect citizens against discrimination.
30 March 2012
Chile ponders hate crime legislation as thousands attend gay man’s funeral 14 In the wake of a gay man’s torture and death at the hands of four neo-Nazis, Chile is under pressure to pass a hate crime legislation, as thousands attend his funeral in Santiago.
28 March 2012
Gay Chilean man dies in hospital after neo-Nazi attack 26 Daniel Zamudio, a gay 24-year-old Chilean man who was left brain-dead following an attack in Santiago by four alleged members of a neo-Nazi gang, died yesterday in hospital after three weeks in a medically-induced coma.
23 March 2012
Chile: Lesbian judge whose sexuality ‘put daughters at risk’ wins legal battle 7 A gay judge has won a custody case against the Chilean courts which had taken away her three daughters in 2004 believing her sexuality to put their development 'at risk'.
7 March 2012
Chile: Gay man scarred with swastikas after homophobic attack 20 The cause of a young gay man in Chile who was attacked and will be left permanently scarred with swastikas on his chest has prompted an outcry for hate crime laws.
25 August 2011
Inter-American Court of Human Rights hears landmark lesbian custody case 4 Karen Atala had been told by Chilean courts that her children faced a risk of "social discrimination" because she was a lesbian, but the country has agreed to defer to the international court's decision.
10 August 2011
Chile’s president backs civil unions 7 The president of Chile has proposed legalising civil unions for gay and straight couples.
30 May 2011
Chilean president Sebastian Pinera seeks ‘regulation and protection’ for gay couples 42 President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, said this weekend that he wants Congress to legalise de facto civil unions in an attempt to "regulate and protect" more than two million unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian couples.
11 April 2011
Lesbian judge in Chile fights for new US anti-discrimination laws 10 A lesbian judge from Chile is calling for new anti-discrimination laws to be introduced across North and South America.

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