News for January, 2019
Open letter to Tunisian government: stop torture & arrests of homosexual men
In November 2018, the human rights NGO Human Rights Watch published multiple accounts of men who were arrested, prosecuted and detained for homosexuality. Several men report being subjected to forced anal examinations, having their phones and social media searched. One …
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Posted in: News stories, Press releases, Recent news on January 18th, 2019
LGBTI rights still at risk in the EU, says EP report on fundamental rights
On 16 January, the European Parliament adopted its yearly report on Fundamental Rights in the EU, assessing the implementation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2017 according to the Charter of Fundamental Rights standards. It contains strong language on …
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Posted in: News stories, Press releases, Recent news on January 17th, 2019
New detentions of LGBTI people in Chechnya: Russia needs to take action
A new wave of arrests, persecution and torture against (perceived) LGBTI people in Chechnya has started in Chechnya since December 2018. 40 people, both men and women, have been detained – and at least two were killed, according the Russian LGBT …
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Posted in: News stories, Press releases, Recent news on January 15th, 2019
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights