Tag: LGBTI
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MEPs call to suspend political agreement with Uganda
Today the President of Uganda signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. The new law vastly expands the criminalisation of LGBTI individuals, and now forces parents, teachers and doctors to report LGBTI persons to authorities.
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European Parliament asks for EU LGBTI roadmap in landmark report
Today, the European Parliament adopted a non-binding recommendation for a future EU roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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London rally against Uganda anti-gay Bill
Fifty, mostly African, campaigners rallied outside the Uganda High Commission in London yesterday (8 January) to urge the Ugandan president to not sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that was passed by the Ugandan parliament on 20 December 2013.