Robert Simms (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Smith, move:

That the Senate—

(a)   offers its deepest condolences to the family of Mr Xulhaz Mannan who was violently killed in Bangladesh in April 2016;

(b)   recognises the immense contribution Mr Mannan made to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community in Bangladesh which included founding Roopbaan, Bangladesh's only LGBTI magazine;

(c)   notes that same-sex sexual relations are criminalised in Bangladesh which may result in LGBTI people being forced into exile; and

(d)   calls on the Government to continue to advocate for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Bangladesh and throughout the world.