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‘Gay cake’ row: Bakers win UK Supreme Court appeal

October 10, 2018 World Justice News 0

The Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have won their appeal in the so-called “gay cake” discrimination case. The UK’s highest court ruled that Ashers bakery’s refusal to make a cake with a slogan […]

Neo-Nazi Ethan Stables guilty of gay pride attack plan

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

A white supremacist who plotted a machete attack on people at a gay pride event has been convicted of a terror offence. Ethan Stables, 20, planned to strike at the LGBT event at the New […]

Indonesia police cut transgender women’s hair

January 29, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police in north Indonesia have detained 12 transgender women, cut their long hair, and say they are now “coaching” them to behave like “real men”. Several beauty salons in Aceh province were raided over the […]

Queensland abolishes ‘gay panic’ as criminal defence for murder

March 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland has voted for legislation to remove a controversial “gay panic” defence from the criminal code. It had allowed defendants to reduce criminal responsibility by claiming provocation due to […]

Ivory Coast officials refuse to explain why two gay men were jailed

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Authorities in the Ivory Coast have refused to explain why two gay men were arrested and jailed in a country that does not criminalise same-sex acts, and is widely regarded as a beacon of tolerance […]

Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions

February 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Thousands of gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sexual offences in England and Wales have been posthumously pardoned. The enactment by the government of the so-called Alan Turing law means about 49,000 men […]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center – Judge rules that 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay people from discrimination

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Passed more than 50 years ago, the Civil Rights Act provision Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, colour, national origin and religion, but does not explicitly include […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]