no for a second political interview peter tatchell was denied victory in the barents sea byelection in what was one of the filthiest electoral contests of the twentieth century how did he reinvent himself as an international human rights and l g b t activists i spoke to peter recently. tatchell you when you were selected as the candidate the labor candidate and one of the safest labor seats in the country in one thousand nine hundred one you must have thought that you'd be able to take your political campaigning to the floor of the house of commons i certainly did and the defeat in ninety three was quite a blow it wasn't like she wrote my book the battle for burns the about the byelection that the fourth scale of what happened that dawned on me because. i'd been physically involved in assault or been up canvassing on the doorsteps there were two attempts to run me down the car there were bricks thrown through my windows it was an arson attempt on my flat. you know i had nearly all the teeth in my mouth chipped and cracked as a result of violent assault during that campaign and the run

tea and other human rights and that's been greatly to his personal cost peter tatchell joins benaud you're welcome to the alex i'm unsure going to join you give me an idea of the sort of attacks you've heard over the long period you've been campaigning for for human rights well over the last fifty years i've been via your solve over three hundred times three hundred three hundred times more than fifty van tax upon my flat including three arson attempts and a bullet through the front door. it's been very very very tough and the people targeting me are homophobes far right extremists supporters of various tyrannical regimes around the world who i've challenged. but are not defeated by us and the way i take the attacks as a backhanded compliment obviously i'm doing something right i'm running those who are abusing human rights and this is their reaction so you know i take it with a pinch of salt you've taken your campaign to many countries but you've also taken it to russia and maybe taken so tell me your experience when you took your campaign for able to beat the rates to russia. well you ha

opec who lost his seat after thirteen years in parliament and then to human rights campaigner peter tatchell could one of the dirtiest by elections of the last century had the price of a problem and she seat snatched away how do they respond to and overcome these challenges we'll find out on the show but first thank you for your tweets messages and e-mails let's look a few surely said i know joy the show today in lanzarote evil hope having detention and congratulations to angus on his private member's bill the plight of young r.c. jesus not a new one a pulse father at ten what's a bella vista humbug to work his passage to the us when chapman said i spoke to a lady in a shop yesterday very interested in the sure she got up on the computer behind her while i was there to see all the fuss was all about her husband loves the alexander and sure tek. that's the deal says i risked a divorce of the alex i'm unsure discussion on i guess brendan macneill's refugee bill amongst other things of course and i survived well i'm pleased to hear it and finally from benny he says another good shoe the focus o

bt and other human rights and that's been greatly to his personal cost peter tatchell joins benaud you're welcome to the alex i'm unsure good to join you give me an idea of the sort of attacks you've heard over the long period you've been campaigning for for human rights well over the last fifty years i've been violent yourself over three hundred times three hundred three hundred times more than fifty van tax upon my flat including three arson attempts and a bullet through the front door. it's been very very very tough and the people targeting me. homophobes far right extremists supporters of various tyrannical regimes around the world who i've challenged. but i'm not the featured bias and the way i take the attacks as a backhanded compliment obviously i'm doing something right i'm running those who are abusing human rights and this is their reaction so you know i take it with a pinch of salt you've taken your campaign to many countries but you've also taken it to russia and maybe taken so to me your experience when you took your campaign for able to be relates to russia. well you have be

well earlier we did speak to the human rights activist peter tatchell about what is happening with the son. does appear to be disquiet in ecuador over the fact that julius r. and that a number of tweets about the issue of cattle independence i suspect that the spanish are you know threatening all or. putting some undue pressure on a good or that has forced us into this position after all. was granted political asylum by god or he was granted citizenship and a diplomatic passport and as a citizen of a could or he is entitled to the same freedom of expression as every other ecuadorian citizen affectively he is now being held in isolation and unjustified and very draconian response to a handful of tweets. now the austrian foreign minister has said that vienna was pressured by the u.k. to expel russian diplomats in solidarity with britain more than twenty countries kicked out russian diplomats over the country's alleged role in the seoul sprit poison attack let's get more details now from our business is sethi he joins me live now. and this is her just tell us then what else did the austri

sweden a case that since been dropped by stocco more authority we spoke to human rights activist peter tatchell for his take on these latest developments. there does appear to be disquiet in ecuador over the fact that julian are signs that a number of tweets about the issue of cattle independence i suspect that the spanish are you know threatening all or. putting some undue pressure on it good or that has forced us into this position after all journalists was granted political asylum door he was granted citizenship and diplomatic passport and as a citizen of ecuador he is entitled to the same freedom of expression as every other ecuadorian citizen affectively he is now being held in isolation and unjustified and very draconian response to a handful of tweets. from. members of the jewish community in france are sounding the alarm over the rise of anti semitic sentiment in the country this follows the brutal killing of an elderly holocaust survivor last week several jewish organizations a call for a fully transparent investigation into the case which is the latest in a string of violent incidents

tea and other human rights and that's been greatly to his personal cost peter tatchell joins benaud you're welcome to the alex i'm unsure going to join you give me an idea of the sort of attacks you've hurt over the long period you've been campaigning for for human rights well over the last fifty years i've been violent yourself that over three hundred times three hundred three hundred times more than fifty van tax upon my flat including three arson attempts and a bullet through the front door. it's been very very very tough and the people targeting me are homophobes far right extremists supporters of various tyrannical regimes around the world who i've challenged. but are not defeated by us and in a way i take the attacks as a backhanded compliment obviously i'm doing something right i'm running those who are abusing human rights and this is their reaction so you know i take it with a pinch of salt you've taken your campaign to many countries but you've also taken it to russia and maybe taken so to me your experience when you took your campaign for able to be relates to russia. well you h

on the chemical poisoning in salzburg and for example interview with human rights campaigner peter tatchell who she says leaves us a no doubt but what happens in russia today and a bit of factual foundation thanked us for the interview including peter's critique of putin's human rights abuses against his own people to see debates whether this can be at a totally free why is i like some of the russia t.v. show the big wrong but actually why you can almost tell me. that alec would be free to criticize putin of the russian government well but fair to the the previous two tweets not just me and severely but my guess as well a free to say what they think importing scott says i never really bothered watching the alex salmon show but thanks to the for audi this week i decided to give it a shot it's no serious link so thanks for the heads up and thanks to all our tweets and e-mails and messages i think we can be certain that will be returning to the issue of the salzburg poisoning as more evidence of marriages from the o.p.c. w. whose experts are no on the spot. now back to the house of commons whe