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Michael Harkin’s victory in the Supreme Court yesterday broke new ground in Bermuda in several areas of human rights and employment law. His lawyer Allan Doughty told The Royal Gazette the ruling set a new precedent for people trying to pursue claims...

The work of the Human Rights Commission could move ahead at three times its present speed now that it can step out from under the purview of the Bermuda Government. Michael Hanson, the HRC’s outgoing chairman who is finishing his term after three yea...

Proposed updates to the Human Rights Act — offering protection on the grounds of mental health — will be discussed at a lunch and learn event on Friday. Guidelines in support of existing and forthcoming legislation regarding disability, employment a...

A pledge to commit to gender equality and a focus on human rights have piqued the interest of environmentalists. While the Throne Speech neglected to hit a few items from Greenrock’s wish list, Jonathan Starling said there were certainly things he we...

What was left out of the Throne Speech could be “more deafening than what got in” according to equal rights campaigner Tony Brannon. He was referring to the lack of discussion on same-sex marriage during yesterday’s speech read by Governor George Fe...

Electoral concerns should not sway the Bermuda Government from pressing ahead with same-sex marriage, according to former Progressive Labour Party MP Renee Webb. Ms Webb, who struggled unsuccessfully under the PLP Government to bring human rights pro...

The Bermuda Government would lose support from potential voters if it spearheaded legalising same-sex marriage, according to a new poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette. In the Global Research survey, carried out this month, 28 per cent of registere...

More Bermudians support same-sex marriage than oppose it, according to a survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette. The poll by Global Research this month found 48 per cent were in favour of legalising same-sex marriage, with 44 per cent against. By c...

A group staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage has organised an online petition against it. Describing themselves as concerned citizens from a wide cross-section of Bermuda, Preserve Marriage in Bermuda cited a poll from May of this year by Profiles ...

The Bermuda Police Service is not investigating the presentation made by Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi which has been labelled a “hate speech” by some sections of the community. Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva said that officers would have t...

Dear Sir, It was sad to have my impressions confirmed that the event hosted at the Liberty Theatre recently would be speech promoting hate. What is especially disturbing is that Bermudians of stout Christian faith are so silent on matters of the ...

Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi has been placed on Bermuda’s stop list by the Minister of Home Affairs in light of a speech he gave condemning homosexuality and interracial marriage. The Human Rights Commission and Centre for Justice have also respond...