Category: World
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Turkish court postpones trial of 19 Pride attendees, infringing their right to fair judicial process
The Turkish courts’ postponement until next April of the trial of 19 people accused of “unlawful assembly” after taking part in an LGBTI Pride march last year is clearly infringing their right to a fair trial, and sending a worrying signal from the judiciary, says ILGA-Europe.
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Bhutan Decriminalises Same-Sex Relations and Recognises Existence of Homosexuality
Last Wednesday, Bhutan decriminalised same-sex relations in a sitting of both houses of Parliament.
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Turkey: 19 LGBTI Pride marchers must be acquitted in forthcoming trial
Turkey must uphold its domestic and international commitments, and dismiss all charges against 19 human rights defenders, prosecuted for their participation in a peaceful Pride march at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara in May 2019, says Europe’s largest LGBTI rights umbrella organisation, ILGA-Europe.
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ECADE: Pope’s message on LGBTQ+ is not new and not enough
While welcoming recent comments by Pope Francis, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality Inc. (ECADE), notes that this is not a new position as he has made similar pronouncements in the past.
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Indian High court orders protection to same-sex couple
The Allahabad high court, while directing the superintend of police (SP), Shamli, to give protection to a same-sex couple which alleged resistance from family and society, observed that «a constitutional court is duty-bound to monitor and observe the constitutional morality as well as rights of a citizen which are under threat only on account of sexual orientation».
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Sri Lanka: Forced Anal Exams in Homosexuality Prosecutions
Police, Judicial Officers Should End Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of LGBT People.