Death penalty by stoning for homosexuality: MEPs write to Brunei’s Sultan 3rd April 2019 2019 0 0 Today, on 3 April 2019, Brunei starts implementing a law that imposes – among others – death penalty by stoning for same-sex...
What has the EU done for LGBTI rights in 2014-2019 ? 14th April 2019 7021 0 0 European citizens will soon elect new representatives, as European elections approach (23-26 May). As the 8th legislature ends, the LGBTI...
Statement on transphobic violence in Armenia 18th April 2019 2823 0 0 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...
MEPs to Commission: call on Georgia to protect Tbilisi Pride 19th June 2019 3300 0 0 Georgia is about to host its first-ever Pride March, under threat of attacks by far right LGBTIphobic groups and the Orthodox Church. However...
Statement on LGBTI phobic violence & hate speech in Poland 25th July 2019 6510 0 0 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...
Statement on the murder of human rights & LGBTQ activist Yelena Grigorieva 25th July 2019 3281 0 0 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...
Marielle Franco is the first-ever LGBTI person to be on the Sakharov Prize shortlist 10th October 2019 4059 0 0 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...
70 MEPs condemn Uganda’s persecution of the LGBTI+ community 15th October 2019 3318 0 0 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...
MEPs send a solidarity statement to participants and organisers of Rainbow Friday in Poland 23rd October 2019 4042 0 0 Ahead of the 2019 edition of Rainbow Friday in Poland, Members of the LGBTI Intergroup send a letter to express their solidarity with organisers...
