21/02/2017 Another year of global progress on LGBTI rights We salute brave, inspiring & successful activists in the global south |
14/12/2016 Here’s how the UK can help save Syrian civilians Aid drops, human rights monitors, peacekeepers & war crimes charges |
31/10/2016Syria: UN General Assembly should mandate a no-bomb zone |
23/08/2016 Chagos Islanders remain evicted for US military base |
17/08/2016 Sri Lanka: Anti-LGBTI abuses exposed by Human Rights Watch LGBTI group Equal Ground speaks out & urges reform – VIDEO |
13/07/2016‘I’m gay in Ukraine & my country despises me’ |
12/04/2016 Honduras: 215 LGBT people killed in 7 years LGBTs at risk of torture, imprisonment & assassination, with impunity |
21/03/2016 Commonwealth: Put LGBTI equality on CHOGM 2018 agenda LGBTI issues ignored by Commonwealth leaders for six decades |
09/02/2016 Despite backlash, LGBTI people make global gains Worldwide trend towards greater rights for sexual & gender minorities |
10/12/2015 Stop the War Coalition ignores Assad's war crimes Bid to silence Syrian democrats. No support for human rights defenders |
25/11/2015 Commonwealth Summit in Malta urged to back LGBTI equality For 66 years, the Commonwealth has refused to even discuss LGBTI rights |
19/11/2015 Syria: Stop the rush to war. There is an alternative Support Kurdish resistance to IS. Stop oil funding & Turkish collusion |
17/11/2015 Protest anti-LGBTI persecution in Commonwealth Demand the Commonwealth Summit in Malta supports LGBTI equality |
31/10/2014 This Saturday: Show your solidarity with Kobane London rally against ISIS, in support of the heroic Kurdish resistance |
20/10/2014 Rally condemns Egypt anti-gay witch-hunt International Day of Action in solidarity with Egyptian LGBTs |
25/09/2014 Gambia anti-gay Bill: London embassy protest New law increases sentence for homosexuality from 14 years to life |
12/09/2014 LGBTI petition delivered to Commonwealth HQ |
29/07/2014 Commonwealth Games - Alex Salmond speaks out again One Scotland campaign launched with pledge of LGBTI equality |
27/06/2014 Commonwealth condemned at Pride London parade African activists joint contingent with Peter Tatchell Foundation |
11/06/2014 Commonwealth Games must not discriminate Glasgow2014 urged to secure pledges from competing nations |
10/06/2014 Open Letter: Glasgow2014 Commonwealth Games Competing nations should be required to pledge non-discrimination |
05/06/2014 The Commonwealth: A bastion of homophobia Kaleidoscope Trust report reveals widespread anti-gay persecution |
06/05/2014 Commonwealth urged to suspend Brunei Planned Sharia law executions violate Commonwealth Charter |
19/11/2013 World Toilet Day: Time to kick up a stink about sanitation 2.5 billion people don’t have safe sanitation. 1.2 million dead |
13/11/2013 London protest against Commonwealth homophobia 80% of Commonwealth countries criminalise homosexuality |
07/10/2013 Protesters condemn anti-gay President of Gambia Homophobic UN speech is latest of many anti-gay rants |
06/08/2013 Stop the homophobic witch-hunts in Commonwealth nations |
24/07/2013 London protest against gay activist murder in Cameroon Call for action over torture and killing of Eric Lembembe |
22/07/2013 Protest: Eric Lembembe murdered in Cameroon Call for Cameroon’s suspension from the Commonwealth |
06/06/2013 Kenya compensation: Other colonial victims also have claims Widespread abuses by UK forces in Malaya, Aden & Cyprus |
07/05/2013 UK to compensate Kenyan victims of sexual sadism Barack Obama’s grandfather was British torture victim |
24/04/2013 Commonwealth progress but more reform is needed Secretary General is speaking out against homophobia |
11/03/2013 Queen supports gay rights in the Commonwealth? Charter not binding & includes no explicit pledge of LGBT equality |
19/11/2012 Support for African LGBT activists is better than outrage |
08/11/2012 The global struggle for queer freedom Despite repression, LGBT people are making progress worldwide |
11/10/2012 100 million girls abused worldwide Harassment, genital mutilation, child brides & sexual violence |
10/10/2012 Commonwealth success - Thank you Next challenge: turn pledge into action on human rights |
17/09/2012 Commonwealth must repeal punitive laws Sign the petition to Commonwealth Foreign Ministers |
07/08/2012 Syria’s war is a crime against children 1,000+ killed, tens of thousands wounded & made refugees |
26/07/2012 Dictators to attend Olympic Opening Ceremony Issue arrest warrants, not VIP invitations |
16/07/2012 French hunger-strike called off after 20 days Demand for decriminalisation of homosexuality worldwide |
09/07/2012 World Pride London urges global LGBT equality Nearly 80 countries still criminalise homosexuality |
18/05/2012 Protest tonight, as Queen hosts royal tyrants Rally outside Buckingham Palace at 5.30pm as despots arrive |
17/05/2012 Queen hosts royal tyrants at Diamond Jubilee Celebrations tarnished by invites to dictator monarchs |
12/03/2012 Draft Commonwealth Charter - Call for submissions LGBTI rights omitted, no mechanism for human rights enforcement |
29/02/2012 At the UN, Commonwealth chief condemns homophobia Defence of gay rights at the Human Rights Council in Geneva |
05/02/2012 UK should expel the Syrian Ambassador ICC must issue arrest warrant for President Assad |
22/11/2011 UK won’t cut aid over human rights abuses International Development Minister says policy has been misrepresented |
07/11/2011 Commonwealth summit failed LGBTI people No agreement on decriminalisation by government leaders |
01/11/2011 UK: Don’t cut aid over human rights abuses, switch it World’s poorest should not suffer for their government’s tyranny & corruption |
25/10/2011 Breakthrough: Commonwealth chief backs LGBT rights A first by the Secretary General at the Commonwealth People’s Forum |
17/10/2011 FINAL APPEAL: Lobby the Commonwealth on LGBTI rights Sign the petition to put LGBTI rights on Commonwealth agenda |
07/10/11 I'm anti-war, but the Taliban must not triumph in Afghanistan Anti-imperialism cannot be allowed to trump human rights |
12/09/11 Commonwealth summit must address LGBT human rights Call for CHOGM to support decriminalisation of homosexuality |
03/09/2011 URGENT ACTION: Lobby Commonwealth Secretary General Commonwealth leaders must address LGBT human rights |
30/08/2011 Bid to put LGBT rights on Commonwealth agenda UK Foreign Secretary urged to lobby host government, Australia |
08/07/11 Commonwealth must put gay rights on law minister's agenda Call to reconsider proposal for the decriminalisation of homosexuality |
17/05/11 IDAHO 2011 - The Commonwealth colludes with homophobia Shame! 46 of 54 Commonwealth countries outlaw homosexuality |
05/05/2011 Female genital mutilation – A crime against humanity 130 million women and girls have been mutilated |
19/11/2010 UN vote against sexual orientation protection is "shameful" Comfort to homophobes, green light to homophobic murder |
30/06/2010 Human Rights Watch apologises to Peter Tatchell “Inappropriate, disparaging, inaccurate, condemnatory and intemperate personal attacks,” acknowledges HRW |
19/05/2010 African homophobia - A legacy of colonialism Western-imposed laws are still wrecking lives |
10/12/2009 A UN Global Index of Human Rights |
26/11/2009 A Commonwealth of homophobes |
19/11/2009 An Open Letter to the Commonwealth Secretary-General |
17/10/2009 Review of the Decade – 2000 to 2009 |
13/10/2009 The global struggle for queer freedom |
18/12/2008 66 countries sign UN gay rights statement
US and South Africa refuse, and ally with Russia, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and Belarus |
10/12/2008 UN Global Human Rights Index proposed by Greens
New index to measure the human rights record of every country. |
21/04/2008 African Success – Gay and straight African heroes honoured
New website highlights African achievers and successes |
30/03/2007 African LGBTI smear campaign
OutRage! refutes false, sectarian allegations. |
05/01/2006 Selective Justice
If international human rights law is to be credible it needs to be applied against all who violate its precepts, not just the West's favourite demons. |
13/10/2004 An Ethical Retreat in the Face of Barbarity
From a talk by human rights activist Peter Tatchell at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature on 12 October 2004. |