Tags: pride
Parliamentary question to the Commission: Absence of support from EU embassies the Delegation for Moscow gay pride
Written parliamentary question asked to the European Commission by: Michael Cashman (UK, S&D) Ulrike Lunacek (Austria, Greens/EFA) Sophie in’t Veld (Netherlands, ALDE) Raül Romeva i Rueda (Spain, Greens/EFA) Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland, EPP) Rui Tavares (Portugal, GUE/GNL) On 30th March, organisers …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on June 3rd, 2010
Neonazis march on first Slovakian gay pride; 6th Romanian gay pride unfolds smoothly
Two European gay prides took place last Saturday, 22nd may. Whilst the Bucharest event unfolded without any incident, the first march in Bratislava was met by neo-nazi violence and unprepared police forces.
Tags: freedom of assembly hate violence pride romania slovakiaPosted in: News stories, Recent news on May 23rd, 2010
Belarussian authorities ban Minsk gay pride
The pride march planned by LGBT communities in Minsk, Belarus, did not receive the city authorities’ approval for tomorrow, Saturday 15th May.
Tags: belarus EU neighbourhood policy freedom of assembly pridePosted in: News stories, Recent news on May 12th, 2010
Joint press release: Baltic Pride appeals temporary permit suspension
Joint press release by ILGA-Europe, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Amnesty International Baltic Pride, the 8th May pride event organised by the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community and supported by international actors, saw …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 6th, 2010
Joint press release: Baltic Pride under threat
Joint press release by ILGA-Europe, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Amnesty International Raimondas Petrauskas, Lithuania’s Interim Attorney General, and Stanislovas Buškevičius, member of the Kaunas City Council, have applied to the court to ban the Baltic Pride/March for Equality …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 4th, 2010
Public hearing on Lithuania’s homophobic law and Baltic Pride
On the 29th April 2010, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights hosted a public hearing at the European Parliament. The hearing, Freedom of expression and assembly: The case of Lithuania’s Baltic Pride, was well-attended and gathered 5 panellists.
Tags: freedom of assembly freedom of expression lithuania pride propaganda lawPosted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on April 29th, 2010
The Intergroup writes to Moldovan authorities on Chisinau Pride ban
The Intergroup has written to Moldovan authorities to protest today’s banning of Chisinau Pride by the Court, on request from the City Hall. The letter reminds Moldovan authorities of their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, and announces …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on April 28th, 2010
Ensuring freedom of assembly for LGBT people in Moldova and Ukraine
Joint press release by ILGA-Europe, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Amnesty International This May lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) organisations in Moldova and Ukraine are planning to hold public events. Today the court in the Moldovan capital of …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on April 28th, 2010
Lithuanian Prosecutor upholds permit for Baltic Pride
See earlier story: Lithuanian Parliamentarians try to overturn permit for international LGBT Pride in Vilnius Lithuania’s Prosecutor General turned down a request by a group of parliamentarians to “defend public interests” and ban the Baltic Pride, planned for the 8th May …
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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on April 8th, 2010
Public Letter to the Lithuanian Parliament: Don’t ban Baltic Pride!
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius publicly responded to our letter, saying that Lithuania was as tolerant as Norway or Denmark. Sent to: Irena Degutienė, Speaker of the Seimas Petras Gražulis, Member of the Seimas Carbon copy: Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on March 17th, 2010
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights