Category: Europe
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Latest attack on LGBTI rights in Poland
On Friday 26 October 2018, the annual Rainbow Friday event became the latest target of the Polish government’s concerted attack on LGBTI people.
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ILGA-Europe Annual Conference brings call for LGBTI equality and political change to Brussels
At one of the largest ever ILGA-Europe Annual Conferences, hundreds of equality and diversity organisations have come together to issue a strong call for change – right at the heart of the European political system.
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Poland goes homophobic nuclear and veto blocks EU on rights of gays
Poland has vetoed an EU human rights statement on the grounds that it covered gay people but not Christians and Jews.
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Voters in Romania boycott restrictive referendum on definition of family
A referendum in Romania asking voters to restrict the constitutional definition of family has failed to reach the required 30% turnout target.
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MEPs write to Romanian Prime Minister: protect all families
In light of the upcoming constitutional referendum in Romania, aiming to change the definition of family as marriage between a man and a woman, Members of the European Parliament write to Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă.
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Romania to hold referendum that could violate the rights of rainbow families
In a decision issued this morning (17 September), the Romanian Constitutional Court has approved a proposal (by 7 votes to 2) to hold a referendum on the definition of family.