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Gay Rights Protest At London Saudi Embassy As Two Face 7000 Lashes For Sodomy

Oscar Beard | 20.10.2007 22:59 | Gender | Repression | London | World

19/10/2007: LGBT Human Rights Group Outrage! called for a protest outside the London Saudi Arabia Embassy as two men convicted of sodomy face 7000 lashes for their so called crime.

Video 20071019_Saudi_Gay_Rights - video/x-ms-wmv 14M


A small but lively demonstration with some entertaining chants, which is like a breath of fresh air when you spend most of your working time hearing the same protest chants over and over again.

My favourite: "King Abdullah might be gay, but that's okay."

Human Rights campaigner and Green Party member, Peter Tatchell, attended the protest, gave a moving and informative speech, describing the extent of injuries incurred by the torture of lashing and then kindly gave Indymedia an interview denouncing Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the UK government for considering the brutal regime an ally.

Oscar Beard

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21.10.2007 07:30

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Oscar Beard

photos: gay rights protest - royal embassy of saudi arabia (19.10.07).

21.10.2007 09:19

photo by marc vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) marc vallée, 2007.
photo by marc vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) marc vallée, 2007.

photo by marc vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) marc vallée, 2007.
photo by marc vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) marc vallée, 2007.

london, united kingdon – 19.10.07. gay rights protesters demonstrate outside the royal embassy of saudi arabia in london, england on friday 19th october 2007. the protesters congregated to protest the reported conviction of two young men in saudi arabian of 'sodomy' and sentenced to 7,000 lashes. the protest comes ahead of the state visit to the uk of king abdullah bin abdul azaz al saud, on 30 october 2007.

title : gay rights protest - royal embassy of saudi arabia (19.10.07).
 http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog_201007.html

title : gay rights protest - royal embassy of saudi arabia (19.10.07). (slide show)
 http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/saudi_lgbt_protest/19.10.07.html

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Terrorists?

21.10.2007 10:07

If these 2 guys were terrorists would they be suicide bummers?

Hugh Janus

the House of Saud

21.10.2007 10:08

never minding the fact that the Saudis blow all of the countries wealth in the casinos of America!

Also, check out the growth of STDs inside of Saudi Arabia, its reached according to one expert on Saudi Public Health "Epidemic proportions" but when a government is so unstable as this, what do they do?

Whip lesbians and gays, murders its opposition, force its country people to live in squalor and poverty and buy Islamic centres in Manchester, England.

Maybe its democracy, Maybe its Mabeline!

Arab

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Terrorists?

21.10.2007 12:57

If they were terrorists would they be called suicide bummers

Hugh Janus

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Terrorists?

21.10.2007 15:29

If these guys were terrorists would they be suicide bummers?

Hugh Janus

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Funny Hugh, name sounds like what I hock up in the morning for smoking too much.

21.10.2007 21:57

You got took down once and you really felt the need to write it again.

I thought the newswire would remove your comments again, but sadly no.

So, see how funny you are with my steel toe cap rammed down your throat, you dick.

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Terrorists?

22.10.2007 07:19

If these guys were terrorists would they be called suicide bummers?

Hugh Janus

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embassy protest

22.10.2007 07:29

lets all protest by having lots of bum sex outside their embassy i love poo poking me

arab

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Madness

22.10.2007 11:54

If these guys were terrorists would they be called suicide bummers

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Solution

22.10.2007 17:05

We should protest outside the embassy where peter thatchell should bum a load of hiv+ cock jockeys and have him camp outside slowly dying of aids just to show the saudis how normal bum love can be.
maybe have a sponsored blow job session as well but no women aloud that would be sick

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22.10.2007 17:06

We should protest outside the embassy where peter thatchell should bum a load of hiv+ cock jockeys and have him camp outside slowly dying of aids just to show the saudis how normal bum love can be.
maybe have a sponsored blow job session as well but no women aloud that would be sick

arab

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22.10.2007 17:06

We should protest outside the embassy where peter thatchell should bum a load of hiv+ cock jockeys and have him camp outside slowly dying of aids just to show the saudis how normal bum love can be.
maybe have a sponsored blow job session as well but no women aloud that would be sick

arab

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Solution

22.10.2007 17:06

We should protest outside the embassy where peter thatchell should bum a load of hiv+ cock jockeys and have him camp outside slowly dying of aids just to show the saudis how normal bum love can be.
maybe have a sponsored blow job session as well but no women aloud that would be sick

arab

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Solution

22.10.2007 17:06

We should protest outside the embassy where peter thatchell should bum a load of hiv+ cock jockeys and have him camp outside slowly dying of aids just to show the saudis how normal bum love can be.
maybe have a sponsored blow job session as well but no women aloud that would be sick

arab

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Solution

22.10.2007 17:06

We should protest outside the embassy where peter thatchell should bum a load of hiv+ cock jockeys and have him camp outside slowly dying of aids just to show the saudis how normal bum love can be.
maybe have a sponsored blow job session as well but no women aloud that would be sick

arab

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