News for June, 2013

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Greece: MEPs concerned by police harassing and arresting trans women

Members of the European Parliament are worried Greek police have started to systematically harass transgender women in Athens and Thessaloniki. The police made numerous arrests in recent weeks, and detained a lawyer defending the women.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 28th, 2013
Skopje LGBT Centre attacked

MEPs condemn homophobic violence in Skopje

On Saturday, Skopje’s LGBT Centre was attacked as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people were watching a movie inside for the annual Pride celebrations.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 25th, 2013
Catherine ASHTON at the Foreign Affairs Council

EU foreign affairs ministers adopt ground-breaking global LGBTI policy

Today the EU’s 27 foreign affairs ministers adopted a ground-breaking global policy. The LGBTI Guidelines instruct EU diplomats around the globe to defend the human rights of LGBTI people.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 24th, 2013
Michael Cashman and Michèle Striffler

European Parliament consents to EU-ACP partnership with reservations

Last week the European Parliament gave its legal consent to the updated Cotonou Agreement, a multilateral treaty between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states. The Parliament expressed strong reservations about human rights.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 17th, 2013
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European Parliament condemns Russia’s federal censorship law

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the “anti-propaganda” law voted in Russia’s federal Duma earlier this week.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 14th, 2013
Sylvie GUILLAUME and Dennis DE JONG MEPs

New EU asylum rules will better protect LGBT people

Today the European Parliament adopted a new version of the European Union law on asylum procedures. The text contains notable improvements for LGBT asylum-seekers.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 12th, 2013
Stavros Lambrinidis, EU Special Representative for Human Rights

Summary: “Anti-propaganda laws”, the new criminalisation of homosexuality

Last week the LGBT Intergroup met to discuss the worrying trend of “anti-propaganda laws” in Eastern Europe, mainly Russia and Ukraine. Several experts and policy-makers took the floor.

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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on June 11th, 2013
Ulrike Lunacek with Georgian LGBT activists

Georgia: MEP meets with organisers of attacked LGBT rally

Earlier this week the European Parliament’s delegation to Georgia travelled to the capital Tbilisi, where an angry mob had violently attacked LGBT activists on the International Day Against Homophobia last month. MEP Ulrike Lunacek met Irakli Vacharadze from LGBT organisation … 
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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on June 6th, 2013