The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has led that Rsia’s law banng the dissematn of gay "propaganda" to mors vlat the right to eedom of exprsn, is discrimatory agast gay people, and enurag homophobia.
Contents:
- EUROPEAN RIGHTS COURT RUL AGAST RSIAN GAY 'PROPAGANDA' LAW
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
- EUROPE’S EPENG DIVI ON GAY RIGHTS
- LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
- WHERE PEOPLE ARE AGAST GAY RIGHTS IN THE EU
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- GAY RIGHTS AND LGBTQI MOVEMENTS EUROPE
EUROPEAN RIGHTS COURT RUL AGAST RSIAN GAY 'PROPAGANDA' LAW
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has led that Rsia’s law banng the dissematn of gay "propaganda" to mors vlat the right to eedom of exprsn, is discrimatory agast gay people, and enurag homophobia.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. * gay rights and the eu *
The Strasbourg-based urt said on June 20 that f imposed on three gay-rights activists vlated two articl on eedom of exprsn and prohibn of discrimatn of the European Conventn on Human Rights. The judg also said that by adoptg the law, the Rsian thori "rerced stigma and prejudice and enuraged homophobia, " which they said is "patible wh the notns of equaly, pluralism, and tolerance herent a mocratic society. "The way this law has been applied shows that is not aimed at protectg mors, but at removg LGBT people, an enormo social group, om the public space, and at strippg them of their right to speak out or fight for their rights, " said Alekseyev, founr of the Mosw-based gay-rights group.
EUROPE’S EPENG DIVI ON GAY RIGHTS
It is the latt attack on LGBT rights the untry, after another anti-gay law was extend last year. * gay rights and the eu *
Denis Krivosheyev, puty director for Europe and Central Asia at Amnty Internatnal, also weled the lg and urged Rsia to "repeal s homophobic legislatn, end discrimatory practic, and fully rpect every person's right to eedom of exprsn. Krivosheyev said a statement that the Rsian thori should also "effectively vtigate all stanc of homophobic vlence, " cludg the reports of a "terrifyg mpaign of mass abductn and torture of men perceived to be gay Chechnya.
LEGIMACY OF ‘CTOMER’ SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS SE RAIS ETHIL AND LEGAL FLAGS
The ntent bate Italy over an anti-homophobia law is more evince of how Europe’s divi over gay rights is turng to a gulf. * gay rights and the eu *
After an ial report the Rsian newspaper Novaya Gazeta on April 1 that said gay men Chechnya were beg round up, tortured, and killed, several outlets cludg RFE/RL have spoken to Chechens who have fled the alleged abe. In a report on May 26, Human Rights Watch said had nfirmed that police Rsia's southern regn tortured and huiated dozens of gay or bisexual men durg the sprg of 2017 "an apparent effort to purge them om Chechen society.
Hungary’s hardle natnalist ernment passed a new law earlier this month banng ntent that “promot” homosexualy and genr change om beg shared wh children, effectively prohibg any discsn of LGBTQ them schools. In dog so, Orbán has followed the playbook of Poland’s ernment, which has been chippg away at the rights of the LGBTQ muny for a number of years, adoptg discrimatory rhetoric and stokg homophobia. “There’s a real regrsn happeng many different untri, and rights that had been regnized are now beg challenged, ” said Evelyne Paradis, the executive director of the European branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe).
WHERE PEOPLE ARE AGAST GAY RIGHTS IN THE EU
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said n refe to make weddg webs for gay upl poted durg her lawsu to a requt om a man named “Stewart” and his hband-to-be. * gay rights and the eu *
“It’s not about homosexuals, ’s about the kids and the parents, ” he told reporters, addg that he was a “eedom fighter” durg Hungary’s munist era.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
This chart shows the share disagreeg gay, lbian and bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexuals. * gay rights and the eu *
“You have plac like Germany, France, Spa where 85% or more say that homosexualy should be accepted by society and then once you’re past the dividg le, on the other si of the former Iron Curta, those numbers beg to fall pretty rapidly and then get even lower as you go to Rsia, ” he said.
GAY RIGHTS AND LGBTQI MOVEMENTS EUROPE
Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons—and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life. * gay rights and the eu *
“When you look at the former Eastern bloc, the untri had a long tradn of really progrsive legislatn towards LGBTQ rights, Poland for stance crimalized homosexualy 1932, which is really, really early, ” Kościańska said. SummaryPolls suggt right-wg parti will w Spa electnConservativ may form aln wh far-rightLGBTQ+ activists fear a roll back of their rightsMADRID, July 17 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.