Dubai’s ruler frees Scotsman arrested for accidentally touching another man
Faced with international outrage and a public relations nightmare, the ruler of Dubai has freed Jamie Harron, who was sentenced to three months in jail for “public indecency.” In a statement, the group Detained in Dubai (DID), revealed that Harron was called by the police on Monday and told that his case had been dismissed, […]
Silence from South Africa as Tanzania 13 continue to be denied bail
The 13 individuals arrested for “promoting homosexuality” in Tanzania are still being denied bail after having now spent almost a week in custody. The activists and lawyers were arrested last Tuesday in a police raid on a hotel in Dar es Salaam. The group was meeting to discuss a legal challenge to the Tanzanian government’s […]
Was this pop singer tortured to death in Chechnya’s gay purge?
It’s been claimed that missing pop singer Zelimkhan Bakaev was tortured and killed during Chechnya’s anti-gay crackdown. The Chechen-born Bakaev, 26, had been living and working in Moscow. He was last seen on 8 August in Grozny, the Chechen capital, when he returned home to attend his sister’s wedding. According to the Russian media, a few days […]
Dubai | Madness as Brit is jailed for 3 months for accidentally touching man’s hip
Update: The ruler of Dubai has now freed Jamie Harron. Read more here. Jamie Harron, an electrician from Scotland, has been sentenced to three months in jail for accidentally brushing past another man in a Dubai nightclub. Harron, 27, was arrested in July after he walked through the crowded Rock Bottom bar and briefly touched the […]