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Title: Gambia: IGLHRC Condemns Statements by President
Post by: Natasha on May 26, 2008, 05:08:52 AM
Gambia: IGLHRC Condemns Statements by President

http://allafrica.com/stories/200805260023.html
5/26/2008

"In a strongly worded letter to Gambian President Yahyeh Jammeh, Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) condemned statements by the West African leader ordering homosexuals out of the country, threatening hotel owners who rented rooms to gay and lesbian people, and threatening summary executions. Ettelbrick also called for the repeal of Gambia's antiquated sodomy law, inherited from its days as British colony."