Monday, February 23, 2009
Labour candidate calls for Foreign Office to stop deporting lesbian & gays
Simon Burgess, Parliamentary Labour candidate for Brighton Kemp Town, is calling on all readers of Gscene to sign a petition to Number 10 Downing Street, created by Rev Walter Attwood, to stop the deportation of lesbians and gays to countries where they may be imprisoned, tortured or executed because of their sexuality.Simon said:
“There is no doubt in my mind that the Foreign Office underestimates the horror awaiting too many LGBT people who are deported to countries with appalling records of not respecting the human rights of its LGBT citizens.
"I hope many others will sign this petition to bring more pressure to bear for more accurate assessments of the risks being faced.”
To sign the petition go to: www.petitions.number10.gov.uk/Stopdeportinggay
In a separate development, Simon Burgess is calling on Facebook, the social networking site, to ban the British People's Party from having a group on its site.
Simon Burgess said:
“I am calling on all Facebook members to report the racist British People's Party website as offensive with its preaching of hate and intolerance. Facebook should remove this site now. Unlike the BNP, this lot doesn't even pretend to be anything other than haters - they say remove all non-whites and demolish all religious buildings other than churches. There is no place for these
bigots in modern Britain.”
To complain to Facebook go to:
www.facebook.com/help.php?hq=report
