Articles about Human Rights Campaigners

9 April 2013
Ugandan asylum seeker freed from Bedfordshire detention centre + A Ugandan female asylum seeker, who campaigners claim was raped by her father, has been freed from a detention centre in Bedfordshire.
5 April 2013
UK: Judges accused of asking lesbian asylum seekers ‘inappropriate’ questions such as ‘Have you read Oscar Wilde?’ 11 New research shows LGBT asylum seekers are regularly being asked “inappropriate and insensitive” questions by judges.
2 April 2013
London: NUJ to host debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media 4 The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is hosting a debate on homophobia and transphobia in the media, later this month.
1 April 2013
Wife of Uganda’s president denies Anti-Homosexuality Bill is designed for persecuting gays 27 First Lady Janet Museveni reportedly told a delegation last month that the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill is not for persecuting gay Ugandans.
29 March 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Dan Choi’s $100 fine is a victory for him but he’s been left exhausted’ 11 The decision of a judge to fine a gay former solider $100 for chaining himself to the White House fence is a “victory” for the “exhausted” defendant, says Peter Tatchell.
29 March 2013
US: Gay former solider fined $100 for White House protest 10 Former US Army lieutenant Dan Choi, who chained himself to the White House fence in protest over America’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law, has avoided a prison sentence.
28 March 2013
UK Border Agency accused of trying to deport Ugandan female rape victim 3 Human rights campaigners have once again accused the UK Border Agency (UKBA) of trying to deport a vulnerable female asylum seeker to Uganda.
21 March 2013
Kent: LGBT campaigners take part in Archbishop of Canterbury enthronement protest 6 Several LGBT campaigners have taken part in a demonstration outside Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, amid the enthronement of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.
13 March 2013
UK: Protest planned outside Home Office following death of lesbian Ugandan asylum seeker 53 Campaigners are blaming the UK Border Agency for deporting an asylum seeker who has reportedly died in Uganda after she claimed she was at risk of homophobic persecution.
14 November 2012
Pressure on Uganda builds over anti-gay law 15 Human rights campaigners fear they just have “days” to stop Uganda from passing its Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
29 October 2012
South Africa’s president drops legal case against cartoonist 7 Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, whose position on HIV/AIDS and gay rights has repeatedly been cited by campaigners as holding the country back, has dropped a lawsuit against one of his critics.
21 December 2009
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw criticised for Sri Lankan Christmas holiday 33 The Independent on Sunday reports that human rights campaigners have questioned whether openly gay culture secretary Ben Bradshaw should have decided to hold his Christmas holiday on the island of Sri Lanka.

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