MEPs to Macedonian MPs: speed up adoption of anti-discrimination law
Macedonia has been working on a draft law on protection against discrimination since May 2018, but its progress is now slowing down. Recent statements by the Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia that LGBTI people are a “disputed category” in the …
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European Parliament calls on Commission to sustain its LGBTI strategy
In a resolution adopted on 14 February 2019, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to secure the future of its List of Actions, a strategy document on LGBTI rights presented in 2015. Following the recommendations of the 2014 Lunacek …
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Letter to President Tajani: do not support World Congress of Families
Until 13 February, Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, was listed as one of the main speakers at the World Congress of Families in Verona (29-31 March). This conference, whose goal is to defend the “natural family as the …
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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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Tags: enlargement freedom of assembly turkey
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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Tags: lithuania propaganda law russia
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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Tags: enlargement kosovo macedonia serbia
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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Tags: bulgaria freedom of assembly
Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on June 9th, 2017
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights