Plenary summary : Anti-discrimination directive, LGBTI rights in Uganda and in Indonesia
During its second October plenary session, the European Parliament adopted two urgency resolution addressing LGBTI rights, in Uganda and in...
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MEPs send a solidarity statement to participants and organisers of Rainbow Friday in Poland
Ahead of the 2019 edition of Rainbow Friday in Poland, Members of the LGBTI Intergroup send a letter to express their solidarity with organisers...
Learn more70 MEPs condemn Uganda’s persecution of the LGBTI+ community
A cross-party letter signed by 70 MEPs has been sent to Federica Mogherini to condemn the situation in Uganda, where new legislation to bring back...
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Marielle Franco is the first-ever LGBTI person to be on the Sakharov Prize shortlist
The European Parliament announced the finalists for the Sakharov Prize on 9 October 2019. And for the first time in its 30 years of existence, a...
Learn moreStatement on the murder of human rights & LGBTQ activist Yelena Grigorieva
On 19 July, the body of Yelena Grigorieva, prominent LGBT rights and human rights activist in Russia, was found near her home in St. Petersburg...
Learn moreStatement on LGBTI phobic violence & hate speech in Poland
We were appalled to see that the participants of the Equality March – that took place for the first time in the Polish city of Bialystok on...
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MEPs to Commission: call on Georgia to protect Tbilisi Pride
Georgia is about to host its first-ever Pride March, under threat of attacks by far right LGBTIphobic groups and the Orthodox Church. However...
Learn moreStatement on transphobic violence in Armenia
We, members of the LGBTI Intergroup, want to express our deep concern in relation to the wave of hate speech and death threats targeting Lilit...
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What has the EU done for LGBTI rights in 2014-2019 ?
European citizens will soon elect new representatives, as European elections approach (23-26 May). As the 8th legislature ends, the LGBTI...
Learn moreDeath penalty by stoning for homosexuality: MEPs write to Brunei’s Sultan
Today, on 3 April 2019, Brunei starts implementing a law that imposes – among others – death penalty by stoning for same-sex...
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