by admin_HRWF | Feb 18, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Labour and Co-operative MP Luke Pollard was sent despicable homophobic abuse on Valentine’s Day simply for sharing a photograph of himself with his boyfriend, Sydney. Here, for PinkNews, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport reveals how all the homophobic haters...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 18, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
AFP (16.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/2Nkd7yC – Hate speech against LGTBI people in Europe and Central Asia has spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, a group defending their rights said on Tuesday. Verbal attacks on members of lesbian, gay, trans,...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 5, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Europe’s leading LGBTI+ rights organisation, ILGA-Europe are alarmed to observe that in the past week the Turkish government has stepped up its systematic attacks on and defamation of LGBTI+ people and calls on President Erdoğan to guarantee the fundamental rights of...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 2, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
LGBTI rights groups welcome judgement finding Romania in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights because of a lack of proper legal framework for legal gender recognition ILGA Europe (19.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/39BzKqO – Romania has been found to be in...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 2, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By News Wires President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday lashed out at Turkey’s LGBT movement, accusing it of “vandalism” following an outbreak of student protests. France24/AFP (02.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3cviwx1 – Four...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 29, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights, Uncategorized
During the flogging, the two, in their 20s, shouted and begged for mercy several times. The mother of one of them passed out on hearing the cries of her son. A “show” that has raised criticism from activists and human rights NGOs. For local officials,...