Organisers of a protest against George Galloway ’s controversial comments on rape have urged the MP to help “champion clarity” on the law.

The Bradford West MP sparked outrage by claiming the substance of rape allegations against Wikileaks campaigner Julian Assange amounted to no more than “bad sexual etiquette”.

Following the comments, a Bradford No Means No peaceful demonstration was organised to take place on Saturday to campaign against the comments, raise awareness of the Sexual Offences Act and give a voice to survivors of rape and sexual assault.

The Respect Party yesterday told the Telegraph & Argus it had urged its supporters not to respond to the demonstration – and confirmed it had not organised any counter demonstrations.

A Bradford No Means No spokesman yesterday said: “The effect of rape and sexual assault can be devastating. Party politics usually doesn’t affect people’s day-to-day lives but rape can and does. Misinformation about rape law is dangerous and we request our local MP works proactively to champion clarity on this law.”

The group is hoping to hold its demonstration in Bradford's Centenary Square.

Mr Galloway yesterday told the T&A: “We are telling our people not to respond to this – there will not be a counter-demonstration, at least not one organised by Respect.

“People are free to protest in any way that they want to protest, but they actually better look at what I said, which is that non-consensual sex is rape, which I don’t think disagrees too far from what this Labour-inspired demo is about.”

The protesters have said they have no affiliations with any political party.

The group’s spokesman said: “The organisers are not affiliated with any political party and many are survivors of rape and sexual assault disgusted by these comments.”

Meanwhile, Mr Galloway has apologised after using the term “window-licker” in a conversation on Twitter.

In a video posted on Youtube, the MP, who is in Indonesia, said he was “sincerely sorry”. He said he had no idea the term was used in a derogatory way, by others, about disabled people. When he used the term, he said, he had meant to call the person a moron.

He said he made the comment after being “relentlessly taunted” by a “bigoted, sectarian Rangers supporter”.

He said: “I should have known better even to be arguing with such a person, never mind allowing myself to insult him with a term which I now realise, but did not at the time, has developed a subsequent history.”

Later in the video Mr Galloway said: “I am sincerely sorry, especially to the parents of disabled children.”