Category: Politics
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Turkish government steps up its attacks on LGBTI+ citizens
Europe’s leading LGBTI+ rights organisation, ILGA-Europe are alarmed to observe that in the past week the Turkish government has stepped up its systematic attacks on and defamation of LGBTI+ people and calls on President Erdoğan to guarantee the fundamental rights of all minorities without discrimination, as enshrined in the country’s Constitution.
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Can Amy Coney Barrett explain her ties to anti-gay «hate group»?
The judge will likely face questions over her work for a Christian nonprofit organisation described by critics as an anti-gay hate group
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The Polish President’s instrumentalisation of LGBTI persons is a cheap attempt at political gain ahead of elections
Polish President Andrzej Duda, candidate for re-election in the upcoming Presidential elections, scheduled for 28 June 2020, signed a Family Charter.
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Iranian militia declares Iraq not for ‘filthy homosexuals, collaborators’
«If God wills it, we will shut down anti-government protesters squares of prostitution, humiliation… spies, scandal and abasement; eliminate them and drive them out of Iraq», the official said.
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Adam Cox (R) used an LGBTQ endorsement to attack an out candidate
«My opponent thinks being a member of the LGBTQ community is a bad thing», the candidate said in response to the ad.
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OutRight Comments on Donald Trump’s Address the United Nations General Assembly
Today, Donald Trump addressed world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly with a speech purportedly supporting international human rights and global peace efforts, while undermining them.