The ban Turkey's pal Ankara on public events foced on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) issu discrimat agast LGBTI people and vlat their fundamental rights, and should therefore be immediately lifted, Human Rights Watch said today.
Contents:
- TURKISH GAY PRI MARCH DRAWS THOANDS
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- A GLOBAL GAY PRI WEEKEND, PHOTOS
- DOZENS TAED AT BANNED GAY PRI MARCH TURKEY
TURKISH GAY PRI MARCH DRAWS THOANDS
Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds at the Istanbul Pri March last weekend, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, as well as journalists attemptg to report on the June 26 event. The number of arrts 2022 is three-tim more than the arrts durg the prev seven Istanbul Pri march bed. Thirty-four of those arrted were youth, acrdg to Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBT rights group. * gay pride turkey 2019 *
(Istanbul) – Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds of people at the Istanbul Pri March on June 26, 2022, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today.
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
From Istanbul to Izmir, thoands of Turkish activists took to the streets prott to memorate lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Pri month June. Turkish thori rpond wh a seri of attacks agast LGBT rights activists, lawyers, and journalists; Kaos GL, a Turkish LGBT rights group, reported that the ernment banned 10 LGBT-related events and taed over 530 people jt 37 days. * gay pride turkey 2019 *
The same day, Fahrett Altun, Print Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s munitns director, ma an anti-LGBT speech, sayg that “Fai and children [are] targeted through … tolerance for homosexualy propaganda” and llg homosexualy “ugls.
“The fenrs were practisg their right to assembly and standg up for the rights of others a peaceful manner when the police attacked and arrted them, ” said Björn van Roozendaal, programm director for the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe), who was speakg on behalf of four mpaigng groups.
A GLOBAL GAY PRI WEEKEND, PHOTOS
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In practice, however, LGBT people have ltle legal protectn om discrimatn and hostily towards them is rife across Turkey’s nservative hosts hundreds of LGBT refuge om other untri, cludg om neighbourg Iran, where homosexualy is punishable by ath.
DOZENS TAED AT BANNED GAY PRI MARCH TURKEY
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) dividuals nstute a large group of mory groups Turkey. Bee of the src * gay pride turkey 2019 *
From Istanbul to Izmir, thoands of Turkish activists took to the streets prott to memorate lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Pri month June.