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Turkey and Montenegro

Turkey and Montenegro: LGBT rights part of EU accession conditions

Today the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on Turkey and Montenegro’s progress towards joining the European Union. The Parliament said that more steps are required to bring the two countries in line with EU standards in the field of non‑discrimination.

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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 9th, 2011
Enlargement countries

Slow progress for LGBT people in EU accession countries

Today the European Commission released its annual reports on the progress made towards accessing the EU. The documents assess recent evolutions in all areas related to the European Union, including fundamental rights in each of the four candidate countries (Croatia, … 
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on November 9th, 2010
Turkey

Turkish LGBT activists: More pressure from the EU, equality now

Ulrike Lunacek MEP, Co-president of the LGBT Intergroup, held a lunch debate with LGBT activists in Istanbul on the occasion of the Greens/EFA conference “Turkey in Europe”.

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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on November 4th, 2010
Turkey

Turkey: Harsh police violence against transgender activists

Yesterday evening, on the 6th International Day Against Homophobia, uniformed police forces violently attacked five transgender activists from Pink Life Association in Ankara, Turkey. The activists were forced out of their private car on unclear motives from the police. Attempting … 
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 18th, 2010
Black Pink Triangle Association

Turkish Court rules in favour of freedom of assembly

Last Friday 3oth April, the local court in Izmir, Turkey, ruled in favour of the Black Pink Triangle Association‘s right to exist. The association was charged with going against “public morality” by Izmir’s Public Prosecutor in October 2009.

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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on May 3rd, 2010
Enlargement countries

European Parliament reaffirms LGBT rights are a condition to join the European Union

Today the plenary session of the European Parliament adopted reports on the accession to the European Union for Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. All three reports call on candidate countries to provide genuine protection to lesbian, … 
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Press releases, Recent news on February 10th, 2010
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