Jul 27, 2007Quickie Link: Chile: Gay Rights Group Protests Executions In Iran
By vanrozenheim
(Chile) - A samll group of gay rights activists gathered Thursday morning in front of the Iranian Embassy in Santiago to protest the recent execution in Iran of more than a dozen people accused of homosexuality and/or adultery. The demonstration was organized by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Freedom (MOVILH), Chile’s leading sexual minorities’ advocacy organization. Joining the delegation from MOVILH were representatives from the youth branches of the Party for Democracy and Radical Party. Several secondary school student leaders also took part in the protest. “Using a loudspeaker, we told the neighbors that their same building houses representatives of a government that in our estimation is committing genocide against an important part of its population,” MOVILH leader Rolando Jiménez told the Santiago Times.
