Rama Yade

Promoting Homosexuality

GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008

France is promoting universal recognition of gay rights, according to this article in Le Salon Beige : (Secretary of State for Human Rights) Rama Yade has declared that France intends to present to the United Nations in December a proposal asking for "the decriminalization of homosexuality in the entire world," on behalf of the 25 countries of the EU (Poland is opposed). She stressed that the agreement...

France pushes homosexual agenda at the UN

Catholic Action UK (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

Briefing: so much for the Catholic-friendly President Sarkozy soon to greet the Holy Father. From C-Fam: (NEW YORK – C-FAM) Rama Yade, France’s Junior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, this week announced that her country intends to submit a draft “declaration” calling for the global decriminalization of “homosexuality” at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in December....

French Minister Pushes UN, EU For Gay, Women's Rights

Queerty (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008

As France's security forces keep an eye on "radical" gay groups, like ACT-UP, Junior Human Rights Minister Rama Yade, seen here looking quite lovely, today pushed the EU and the United Nations to take more progressive stances on women's and gay rights, respectively: France is to call for a European Union drive to tackle violence against [...]

The Religion Du Jour

GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

The meeting between the Dalai Lama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Rama Yade and Bernard Kouchner (Friday of last week) has aroused anger on both Left and Right. The left-leaning Libération reports the words of Faouzi Lamdaoui, Socialist Party spokesman: "I denounce the laughable communications operation surrounding Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (...) The staging of this meeting marks a serious slide into the Hollywood-ization...

Shunning the Dalai Lama

GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

The Dalai Lama has been in France since August 11, but so far no government official, least of all Sarkozy, has met with him, for fear of ruffling some Chinese feathers. After much waffling it appears now that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade will meet the Buddhist leader on Friday, the eve of his departure from France. Here are highlights from...

French foreign minister to visit South Africa

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

Cape Town, South Africa - Rama Yade, the French Minister of State for Fo reign Affairs and Human Rights, is expected in South Africa Tuesday for a two-da y visit, the South African Department of Foreign Affairs told PANA here.

Senior French official visits DR Congo

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008

Kinshasa, DR Congo - The French Secretary of State for Human Rights, Mrs. Rama Yade, due here Saturday, will begin a four-day visit to the DR Congo, a communiqué of the French Embassy there indicated Friday.

Some other stuff

Craig's LGBT Blog (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008

Have just come across this link to an interview given by Rama Yade, French Minister for Human Rights to gay magazine Tetu (from the web site of the French Foreign Office) about France's role in promoting LGBT rights. There is also a report from yesterday's Pink News titled France will argue for universal decriminalisation at the UN. Elsewhere have also blogged previously about work being

News: Spitting, Lohan, Chris Carmack, Bay to Breakers, Tina Brown

Towleroad (Free subscription) | 19/05/2008

Activists' Paris arrest on International Day Against Homophobia leads to meeting with Human Rights Minister, Rama Yade, and promise to push for "a European initiative calling for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality" at the United Nations. Chris Carmack plays to...

RAMA YADE

SAHARAN VIBE (Free subscription) | 13/04/2008

Tough talk, dior dresses and ghetto slang

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008

RAMA YADE, 30, the Senegalese-born human rights minister, was forced to back down over comments about the Beijing Olympics.

• Tough talk, dior dresses and ghetto slang - Scotsman.com

Rama Yade with nowhere to go.

France Profonde (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008

Before all the fuss about the Olympic flame is extinguished and we move on, it’s worth sparing a thought for Rama Yade, who, in her role as Minister for Human Rights, caused mild mayhem here by allegedly telling a journalist that Nicolas Sarkozy would only go to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games if [...]

FRANCE - OLYMPICS 2008: No 'conditions' for Sarkozy to attend Olympic ceremony

France24 (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

France has set no 'conditions' for President Sarkozy to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, said Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, clarifying earlier remarks made by France's Human Rights Secretary Rama Yade.

Sarkozy at Olympic opener only if China meets terms

SouthAsiaNews.com (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

Paris, April 5 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics only if China meets three conditions which include opening talks with the Dalai Lama, according to a cabinet member. Human Rights Minister Rama Yade told Le Monde newspaper that China must end violence against its population and release political [...]

Sarkozy only at Olympic opener if China meets conditions - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008

Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will only attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China meets three conditions which include opening talks with the Dalai Lama, according to a cabinet member. Human rights minister Rama Yade tol...