Intergroup writes to EU embassy in Russia about Nikolai Alekseev’s arbitrary arrest
The Intergroup wrote urgently to the EU Delegation in Moscow, after learning that Nikolai Alekseev, a prominent human rights defender, was stopped...
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European Parliament debates the recognition of same-sex unions in the EU
Yesterday night, Members of the European Parliament including Intergroup Presidents Michael Cashman, Sophie in’t Veld, Ulrike Lunacek and...
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Summary of transgender rights conference at the European Parliament
On the 1st September 2010, the conference (Trans)Gender Equality? was co-hosted by the Greens/EFA Group and the Intergroup on LGBT Rights in the...
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On the 1st September, Marije Cornelissen MEP, together with other MEPs from the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee and the...
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Historic European LGBT pride underway in Poland
The 18th edition of Europride, the annual European lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride event, is underway. Saturday 17 July will...
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European Parliament internal note: Transgender Persons’ Rights in the EU Member States
European Parliament services have released an internal note, detailing transgender people’s rights in the EU Member States. The note...
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Intergroup responds to accusations from Cyprus MP
Earlier this year, Andreas Themistocleous MP declared: “just because there exist among us paedophiles, people who practice bestiality...
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Human Rights Chair sends support to St Petersburg Pride
The Chairwoman of the Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, Heidi Hautala MEP, sent a message to the participants of St Petersburg...
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Paedophilia and homosexuality are linked, say right-wing MEP
At today’s parliamentary hearing on the sexual abuse of children, organised in the European Parliament by the European People’s Party (EPP), an...
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MEPs welcome new toolkit to defend LGBT people’s human rights
Members of the European Parliament have welcomed the adoption by the Council of the European Union of a Toolkit to Promote and Protect the...
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