Tags: freedom of expression
Podcast: Homophobic laws in Lithuania
Last week the European Parliament voted a resolution on the violation of freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania. Yet many questions remained around this resolution, and the situation in Lithuania: are the laws, …
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Posted in: Podcast, Recent news on January 28th, 2011
European Parliament asks Lithuania to reconsider homophobic laws
Today the European Parliament called on Lithuanian MPs to reject an amendment to the Lithuanian Code of Administrative Offences. The proposed amendment would punish the ‘public promotion of homosexual relations’ with fines from €580 to €2,900.
Tags: freedom of assembly freedom of expression lithuaniaPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on January 19th, 2011
Podcast: Legal report on homophobia and transphobia
A special episode this month: we’re with Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency, and Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA-Europe. Together we’re discussing a brand new legal report published today: Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds …
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Posted in: Podcast, Recent news on November 30th, 2010
New legal report on homophobia and transphobia in the EU
Today the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency released an updated EU-wide legal analysis: Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Parliament had previously asked the Agency to analyse the legal situation for lesbian, gay, …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on November 30th, 2010
Belgrade Pride: Serbia’s first safe pride event
The Serbian capital saw its first successful LGBT pride parade unfold under heavy police protection yesterday. Marije Cornelissen MEP attended the parade, and comments on the events of the day.
Tags: enlargement freedom of expression pride serbiaPosted in: News stories, Recent news on October 11th, 2010
Intergroup writes to EU embassy in Russia about Nikolai Alekseev’s arbitrary arrest
The Intergroup wrote urgently to the EU Delegation in Moscow, after learning that Nikolai Alekseev, a prominent human rights defender, was stopped from boarding Swiss International Air Lines flight LX1337 by the Russian border police and arrested seemingly without charges.
Tags: freedom of assembly freedom of expression russiaPosted in: News stories, Recent news on September 16th, 2010
Public hearing on Lithuania’s homophobic law and Baltic Pride
On the 29th April 2010, the Intergroup on LGBT Rights hosted a public hearing at the European Parliament. The hearing, Freedom of expression and assembly: The case of Lithuania’s Baltic Pride, was well-attended and gathered 5 panellists.
Tags: freedom of assembly freedom of expression lithuania pridePosted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on April 29th, 2010
Lithuanian Prosecutor upholds permit for Baltic Pride
See earlier story: Lithuanian Parliamentarians try to overturn permit for international LGBT Pride in Vilnius Lithuania’s Prosecutor General turned down a request by a group of parliamentarians to “defend public interests” and ban the Baltic Pride, planned for the 8th May …
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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on April 8th, 2010
Public Letter to the Lithuanian Parliament: Don’t ban Baltic Pride!
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius publicly responded to our letter, saying that Lithuania was as tolerant as Norway or Denmark. Sent to: Irena Degutienė, Speaker of the Seimas Petras Gražulis, Member of the Seimas Carbon copy: Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on March 17th, 2010
Lithuanian Parliamentarians try to overturn permit for international LGBT Pride in Vilnius
Update: Lithuanian Prosecutor upholds permit for Baltic Pride Only two weeks after the enactment of a controversial Law on the Protection of Minors in Lithuania, Members of the Parliament seek to ban an international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 16th, 2010
