Violence toward gays, lesbians escalates in the UK
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In the early morning hours of Oct. 31, David Morley, a 37-year-old gay bartender, was walking home along London's South Bank with a male friend when he was allegedly beaten to death by several teenagers.
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The latest clash in the struggle among mainline Protestant denominations over gay clergy hits a critical point Wednesday with the church trial of a United Methodist Church minister who declared in a sermon last year that she is a lesbian living with her partner.
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A Pakistani rape victim who became a prominent women's rights campaigner said on Thursday violence against women was increasing in Pakistan because authorities were not serious about punishing the perpetrators.
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Urgent action to tackle a rise in anti-Semitism in the UK is being called for by a cross-party group of MPs.
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Hate crimes have increased sharply over the last decade throughout Europe, according to a lengthy report by a US-based human rights group.
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The Church of England's general synod will search for ways to avoid a split over homosexuality.
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Mosques, Islamic schools and churches have been targeted in an escalation of religious violence in the Netherlands. The death of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh earlier this month sparked off a spate of attacks across the country.
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Extra police are patrolling in Northern Ireland in an attempt to stem a tide of racist attacks on immigrants after more violence on Latvians and Filipinos.
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Criminal violence on trains is on the rise, with London Underground staff suffering one-third of assaults, a report says.
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Many mental health wards in Britain may do more harm than good and on some, patients are subjected to violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to special reports in the Lancet on Friday.
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Government policy is driving Muslims in the UK into the arms of violent extremists, a report claims.
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Legislation aimed at protecting people from anti-social behaviour in Northern Ireland comes into force.
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Provoked by the rising rate of hate crimes against homosexuals in England, the Archbishop of Canterbury issued a 4 page letter warning the Anglican world against the language of hatred to gays.
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Britain is âin the grip of a serious HIV epidemicâ as the number of people suffering from the infection continues to soar, figures showed today.
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An "increasing pool" of people in the UK are living with HIV and Aids, official statistics show.
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A new study has drawn direct links between anti-gay discrimination and mental health, with results suggesting nearly a third of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in the United Kingdom have attempted suicide.
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NEW DELHI -- Amid a climate of growing sexual tolerance in urban India, a campaign to force the government to decriminalize homosexuality is gaining momentum.