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Dear Sir, Both proposals appearing in The Royal Gazette on January 12 are positive efforts and need to be commended and supported: the proposal by Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, which deals with race relations, and the Government’s Blue Ribbon...

Ethiopia’s rulers have redoubled a repressive policy that is failing. Instead of looking for ways to alleviate the pent-up frustrations of the ethnic Oromo and Amhara populations that spilt out in demonstrations over the past 11 months, a six-month s...

Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi, has launched a legal challenge against a decision by the Bermuda Government that put him on the stop list. His lawyer Eugene Johnston of J2 Chambers successfully applied to the Supreme Court for Mr Kimathi’s case to be...

It is likely to be a year before the Human Rights Amendment Act, turned down by the Senate, can be brought back to Parliament by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert. Mr Furbert said he had sought three legal opinions after Thursday’s narrow 6-5 defeat in the...

The Senate yesterday rejected amendments to the Human Rights Act aimed at solidifying marriage as being between a man and a woman. Senator Michael Fahy, Senator Georgia Marshall, Senator Jeff Baron and Senator Lynne Woolridge of the One Bermuda Allia...

The Human Rights Commission is calling on the community to lobby senators before they debate controversial legislation aimed at strengthening marriage between a man and a woman. Tomorrow, the Upper House will run the rule over amendments to the Human...

Opposition MP Wayne Furbert has confirmed he intends to take up his Bill, the Human Rights Amendment Act 2016, in today’s House of Assembly session. The amendment intends to see marriage defined as being between a man and a woman which will come to ...

An application by a gay couple to get married in Bermuda has been rejected by the Government. Bermudian Winston Godwin, 26, and his fiance Greg DeRoche, 29, who live in Toronto, filed notice of their intended marriage with Registrar-General Aubrey Pe...

Two same-sex couples are expected to apply to wed in Bermuda in the coming days and are likely to appeal directly to the courts if they are not given permission to marry. The couples — one female and one male — will be represented by former Attorney-...

Sir John Swan will vote in favour of same-sex marriage and civil unions in next week’s referendum, he declared yesterday. The former Premier, political icon and Bermuda’s 2016 national hero told The Royal Gazette that he had “evolved” since he voted ...

British musician Julian Lennon has voiced his support for same-sex marriage in Bermuda. The 53-year-old son of rock legend John Lennon posted his approval on the website of his environmental and humanitarian charity The White Feather Foundation. Th...

This month’s referendum could lead to a constitutional crisis if the majority of ballots are against same-sex marriage and civil unions, a court heard yesterday. With less than a week to go before early polling on the June 23 referendum begins, the C...