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Premier Craig Cannonier defended embattled Attorney General Mark Pettingill, who he said had met privately with clergy in the wake of remarks branded offensive by the Opposition. Progressive Labour Party MPs kept up the pressure on Mr Pettingill duri...

Attorney General Mark Pettingill has apologised for comments he made in the House of Assembly criticising religiously motivated opponents of the sexual orientation amendment to the Human Rights Act. Mr Pettingill said he recognised "on reflection" th...

The stage is now set for another battle in parliament over human rights legislation after Senators passed the Human Rights Amendment Act 2013 without a clause which would have expanded the scope of unlawful harassment. And, according to at least one ...

Advocates of the long-fought initiative to expand human rights gave mixed applause to last night’s passage of the Human Rights Amendment in the House of Assembly. A spokesman for campaigners Two Words and a Comma told The Royal Gazette: “This is a si...

Parliament has passed landmark legislation prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination, following after a nine-hour debate yesterday. While there were some dissenting voices, the majority of MPs spoke in favour of the Human Rights Amendment Act 201...

Human rights champion Lois Browne Evans would have been disappointed by the Progressive Labour Party’s ambivalent stance on the Human Rights Act, according to her daughter Tina Evans Caines. An amendment outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexua...

By Premier Craig Cannonier I regret that my trip to London this week means I will not be in the House of Assembly today to debate the proposed amendments to the Human Rights Act. This is an important Bill because it speaks to the kind of Bermuda we m...

Premier Craig Cannonier is today urging parliamentarians to approve changes to the Human Rights Act which would prohibit age discrimination in all areas except the workplace and ban sexual orientation discrimination altogether. The Premier, who is of...