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‘Time for an apology on homophobia’

PRIME MINISTER Theresa May should apologise for Britain “forcing homophobic laws on colonial peoples,” campaigners have demanded.

Ahead of this week’s Commonwealth heads of government meeting in London, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The time has come for the UK to apologise.”

Of the 53 Commonwealth member states, 36 still criminalise same-sex relations, nearly all under laws enacted by the British government in the 19th century.

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