Peter Tatchell heard by Commonwealth dignitaries inside Westminster Abbey

Peter Tatchell heard by Commonwealth dignitaries inside Westminster Abbey
LGBTs remain criminals in one of Asia’s most conservative countries
Section 250 dates back to 1898 & is a relic of Mauritius’s colonial past
Historic day as one fifth of the world’s LGBTs set free
Compensation letter handed to 10 Downing Street today
Peter Tatchell Foundation launches major new report
Historic, landmark acknowledgement of colonial era injustice
Anti-gay laws remained on the statute book, arrests rocketed
Criminalisation in 38% of countries but gains being won
But pardon has connotations of forgiveness for a wrong done