European Parliament consents to EU-ACP partnership with reservations
Last week the European Parliament gave its legal consent to the updated Cotonou Agreement, a multilateral treaty between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific states. The Parliament expressed strong reservations about human rights.
Tags: acp decriminalisationPosted in: Press releases, Recent news 3 days ago
European Parliament condemns Russia’s federal censorship law
Yesterday the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the “anti-propaganda” law voted in Russia’s federal Duma earlier this week.
Tags: freedom of expression russiaPosted in: Press releases, Recent news 6 days ago
New EU asylum rules will better protect LGBT people
Today the European Parliament adopted a new version of the European Union law on asylum procedures. The text contains notable improvements for LGBT asylum-seekers.
Tags: asylumPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 12th, 2013
Summary: “Anti-propaganda laws”, the new criminalisation of homosexuality
Last week the LGBT Intergroup met to discuss the worrying trend of “anti-propaganda laws” in Eastern Europe, mainly Russia and Ukraine. Several experts and policy-makers took the floor.
Tags: freedom of expression hungary lithuania moldova russia ukrainePosted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on June 11th, 2013
Georgia: MEP meets with organisers of attacked LGBT rally
Earlier this week the European Parliament’s delegation to Georgia travelled to the capital Tbilisi, where an angry mob had violently attacked LGBT activists on the International Day Against Homophobia last month. MEP Ulrike Lunacek met Irakli Vacharadze from LGBT organisation …
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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on June 6th, 2013
Nigeria adopts harshest homophobic law in recent history
On Thursday 30 May, Nigeria’s parliament adopted the ‘Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill’, a law that foresees up to 14 years’ imprisonment for gay, lesbian and bisexual people who marry or display affection. This is the harshest piece of legislation against …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on May 31st, 2013
