Tag: LGBT
Sochi Olympics: Protest ballet performance of Swan Lake and petition hand-in, Russian Embassy, London
Just over a week before the Winter Olympics start in Sochi, on Wednesday 29 January at 10am ballet dancers and Amnesty International activists will gather outside the Russian Embassy in London to demand President Putin ends his assault on freedom of expression and gay rights in Russia.
Nigeria: Halt homophobic witch-hunt under oppressive new law
Nigeria must immediately release the more than 10 people already arrested under a deeply oppressive new law that runs roughshod over a range of human rights and discriminates based on real or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity, Amnesty International said.
Putin Defends Russia’s Anti-LGBT Law, Lies to World about Impact it has on LGBT Russians, Visitors
Yesterday on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Russia’s anti-LGBT law, saying gays and lesbians are not discriminated against in Russia and the law is aimed at protecting children.
European Parliament strongly condemns criminalisation of LGBTI people worldwide
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament strongly condemned recent moves to criminalise LGBTI people in Uganda, Nigeria and India.
Putin: Gay ‘propaganda’ law doesn’t discriminate
President Vladimir Putin sought Friday to reassure gay visitors to the Sochi Games that they are welcome in Russia despite a law banning gay “propaganda” to minors.
Serbia and Kosovo need to step up efforts to guarantee the rights of LGBT people, Parliament says
Today the European Parliament adopted two of its annual progress reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries.