News for 2017
Open letter to Turkish Ambassador: Revoke Ankara’s indefinite ban on LGBTI events
In November the Governorship of Ankara called an indefinite ban on LGBTI activities in the city, which has received sharp international criticism, including by Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks issued a statement regarding the ban Members of …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on December 18th, 2017
MEP gets HIV test, calls for focus on key populations, including MSM and trans people
This morning, Co-President of the LGBTI Intergroup Daniele Viotti MEP got an HIV test in the framework of the European HIV/hepatitis testing week. The week has officially been endorsed by the European Commission and the European Parliament intergroup on LGBTI …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on November 22nd, 2017
LGBTI Intergroup MEP heading to Istanbul Pride
This Sunday, the 25th edition of the Istanbul Pride will take place. From the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights, Terry Reintke MEP will march along. Over the last two years, Pride marches were banned and police used rubber bullets, …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 22nd, 2017
Strasbourg Court: Russian ‘anti-propaganda’ law is discriminatory and violates human rights
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia’s ‘anti-propaganda’ legislation is in breach with human rights. The federal law was adopted in 2013 and bans the “promotion” or “propaganda” of homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism. The Court found that the …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 21st, 2017
EU Parliament demands action on LGBTI rights in Western Balkans
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted three of its annual reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries. In those reports MEPs have assessed the rights of LGBTI people in Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo, and recommended the countries to improve the situation. In …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 15th, 2017
Open letter to Sofia Mayor: Act against hate group targeting Pride
Tomorrow the annual Pride march will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria. However, a counter-demonstration organised by neo-nazi organisation National Resistance, has called for violence to be used against the march. calling on people to bring “brooms and shovels with wooden handles” …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on June 9th, 2017
European Parliamentarians heading to Warsaw Pride
On Saturday June 3rd, the seventeenth edition of the Equality Parade will take place in Warsaw. From the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights, co- and vice-presidents Ulrike Lunacek MEP and Sophie in ‘t Veld MEP , as well as member …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 2nd, 2017
Open letter to Romanian Parliamentarians: Do not support the proposed referendum on the definition of the family
Parliamentarians in Romania will soon be asked whether or not to support the organisation of a referendum to constitutionally define family as being based solely upon the marriage between a man and a woman On the International Day Against Homophobia …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on May 17th, 2017
Upcoming roundtable: Health Inequalities experienced by LGBTI people
On Wednesday 26 April 2017, from 13:00 – 14:30, the Intergroup on LGBTI Rights will host a roundtable on health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people. Stigma, prejudice and discrimination against LGBTI people remain widespread and affect access to health services. …
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Strasbourg court: Forced sterilisation trans people violates human rights
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that requiring trans people to undergo sterilisation in order to have their gender recognised, violates human rights. In the case A.P. and Others v. France, three transgender people attempted to change …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on April 11th, 2017
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights