[FWD: Commonwealth chief condemns homophobia - UN Human Rights Council]
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Commonwealth chief condemns homophobia Welcome speech at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva London & Geneva - 29 February 2012 "We welcome Kamalesh Sharma's reiteration at the UN that homophobia is incompatible with Commonwealth values. This sends a signal from the top that victimisation on the grounds of sexuality is unacceptable. It's good to hear this commitment to LGBT human rights being voiced at the UN," said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation. He was commenting on today's speech by the Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma, to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where Mr Sharma spoke out against sexual orientation "discrimination or stigmatisation." See his key points below. The Secretary General had been lobbied in advance of his UN speech by the Peter Tatchell Foundation, with a request that he include