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Source: The Local Stockholm -- A 35-year-old man thought to be a serial murderer was indicted on Tuesday, suspected of murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and theft. All of the suspect’s victims were gay men, reports The Local , an English-language Swedish news site. The man, whose name cannot...

Source: YNet News The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced four residents of east Jerusalem to two to eight years in prison Thursday, after they were convicted of the assault and robbery of several young homosexuals in Tel Aviv's old central bus station. According to the indictment, in January 2007...

Source: AP via International Herald Tribune and PinkNews ZAGREB, Croatia : A 25-year-old man has become the first person in Croatia to be convicted of a hate crime and was jailed for 14 months for trying to attack a gay parade with gasoline bombs, a court said Tuesday. Josip Situm was convicted Monday...

Source: Independent (Cape Argus) Even by South African standards, the Sizzlers massacre on January 20, 2003 was shocking. Nine men were slaughtered in one night. They were bound, their throats slit and then shot in the head before being left in pools of blood in the white Sea Point house with matching...

Source: Sydney Morning Herald A SPATE of brutal attacks on gay men in Oxford Street has sparked an internal investigation of the Surry Hills police command--- and a controversial campaign to rally gays behind a street protest against homophobic violence. The NSW Police Professional Standards Command...

Source: BBC News and Glasgow Evening Times HATE crime laws in Scotland are to be strengthened to include people targeted because of disabilities or their sexual orientation. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced today the Scottish Government would back a Bill proposed by Glasgow Green MSP Patrick...

Source: News.com.au and Sydney Star Observer GAY-HATE crimes are on the rise in Sydney, with activists warning violence may spiral out of control in the lead-up to the 30th year of Mardi Gras. The AIDS Council Of NSW (ACON) said it had received 22 reports of homophobic violence in the past six weeks...

Source: Radio Netherlands People with guts go against the flow, defy accepted notions and conventions. Radio Netherlands Worldwide presents a series of portraits of people who this year proved they had guts. One of these people is Franklin Hill, a black man who also happens to be homosexual. He was threatened...

Source: GayNZ.com Auckland police have just confirmed that they now believe gay Onehunga man Ron Brown's sexuality played a clear role in his brutal death, allegedly at the hands of a Hungarian tourist, and are seeking the gay community's help. A source within the investigation team confirmed...

Source: GayNZ.com Ronald James Brown, 69, died in Auckland Hospital on Monday afternoon after being assaulted at his Onehunga home on Friday, the latest in a string of New Zealand gay men who have died after severe assaults. His death comes just days after a jury could not reach a verdict in the brutal...