HOMOPHOBIC RAPE TRIAL POSTPONED
The trial of the men who allegedly beat and raped
20 year old Luanda in a homophobic attack, has been postponed until June 22nd after two of the three accused failed to show up at the Blue Downs Magistrate Court.
“The magistrate’s reaction was to issue warrants of arrest and to postpone the case,” said The Triangle Project’s Jill Henderson, who is part of the Western Cape End Hate Campaign.
“When Mfuleni SAPS were contacted in March, we were informed that three men had already appeared in court on the 11th March 2009 on a charge of Rape. However, at the court date on 29th May, the charges cited were sexual assault and physical assault,” said Henderson.
“Based on Luanda’s statement and sexual offences legislation the charge should be rape, not sexual assault. And this is what Triangle Project and the Western Cape End Hate Campaign will be following up and pushing for,” she added.
Luanda’s case is said to be the first case of rape against a black gay man from a township to have reached trial in the Western Cape Province.
*%$@. Like that was such a surprise. When will this end.
when will justice be seved to black lesbians and gay men come ture. hey surpiseed
so how are you doing today well i have to say when is justice coming to protect the black lesbians and gay men in SA now coz all of us gays must stand together to fight this hate against us lesbins and gay men come on lets do it on gay parade pride this season at zoo lake what do u say
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we must fight stand together now come on. hey
what the hell is happening to us gay people of SA here .
no we must fight aganist the people who kell us and rape us gays now coz this is not the frist time it happend to us gays and lesbians in SA so i recon we gays and lesbians must stand together at gay parade pride at zoo lake and fight aganist the hate end this hate towords us all gays now what do you all say come on let it come ture to end it so we gays and lesbians have freedom in South Africa now