Jamaican elections end tonight as minister says gays “threatened his life”
Voting is set to end in Jamaica’s parliamentary elections tonight, while a government minister claims that he was threatened with his life for questioning whether the international gay community was...
View ArticleNew Jamaican PM to be sworn in, with promise to review anti-gay law
Jamaica’s new Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller, who has said she will review the criminalisation of homosexuality in the country and not forbid gays from serving in her cabinet as former Prime...
View ArticleJamaica faces legal action over anti-gay laws
Three people have launched legal against Jamaica due to the country’s continued enforcement of homophobic laws. The case is being sent to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and has the...
View ArticleLawyer: Jamaican Prime Minister has betrayed gay voters by refusing to lift...
A leading Jamaican LGBT rights lawyer has accused Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller of a “blatant betrayal” for refusing to abolish Jamaica’s buggery law. Maurice Tomlinson, a legal advisor of...
View ArticleLondon: Embassy protest planned against Jamaica’s buggery law
A protest against Jamaica’s anti-gay laws will take place tomorrow outside the country’s High Commission in London, coinciding with Jamaican Independence Day. Wednesday 6 August marks the 52nd...
View ArticleJamaica’s Prime Minister claims to ‘respect’ the human rights of gay people
The Prime Minister of Jamaica has claimed that her country “respects” the rights of gay people. Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller was addressing protesters on Thursday who disrupted her speech to...
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