Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 06:57
Pop singer Elton John spoke out on Wednesday against Russia`s ban on homosexual propaganda, saying the law legitimized homophobia and provided legal cover to extremists.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 13:09
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life, saying there were better ways to cure the "abnormality", a report said Friday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 08:26
Actor Ian McKellen and 27 Nobel laureates have written an open letter urging Russia`s president to repeal an anti-gay law.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 07:41
The United States has voiced concern over a draconian anti-homosexuality bill passed by Uganda`s parliament.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 12:52
The controversial anti-gay law, which punishes certain homosexual acts with life imprisonment, was passed by the Ugandan lawmakers on Friday.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:49
The four-month campaign protesting Russia`s ban on "gay propaganda" is entering a new phase, as human rights activists try to heighten pressure on the Olympics` top corporate sponsors to speak out before the Winter Games in Sochi.
Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 09:47
With a race against the clock to complete building works, threats of militant attacks, controversy over anti-gay law, Russia faces an unprecedented challenge to hold a successful Winter Olympics.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 22:58
Police in Montenegro fired tear gas to repel anti-gay extremists who threw rocks and firebombs at officers protecting a gay pride march on Sunday, officials said. About 60 people were injured.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 09:24
While some athletes danced around Russia`s anti-gay legislation on Monday American skiing great Bode Miller met the issue head on by calling next year`s Sochi Winter Olympic hosts "ignorant."
Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 19:01
FIFA has urged to pressure World Cup hosts Qatar and Russia to relax their anti-gay laws, to ensure fans and players of all races, religions and sexuality feel comfortable going to the tournaments in both the countries.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 14:57
Two of the four Russian female sprinters, who exchanged quick kisses after winning a relay race at the World Championships in Moscow, have shrugged off speculation that it was done deliberately to protest Russia`s new controversial law against gays.
Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 19:03
Russia on Monday basked in the glory of its triumph at the World Athletics Championships but the event was shadowed by a controversy over homophobia which now risks tarnishing its hosting of the Winter Olympics and World Cup.
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