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LGBT
25 May 2010
Amnesty International has today expressed its concerns to the Slovak authorities about the alleged failure of the police in Bratislava to protect participants of the Bratislava Rainbow Pride from attacks by counter-demonstrators on 22 May 2010. The peaceful assembly of approximately 1,000 participants promoting equality and the human rights of lesbian, gay men, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals was the first of its kind in Slovakia and was unfortunately marked with violence and intimidation, due to the failure of authorities to guarantee adequate security.
14 May 2010
Amnesty International regrets the decision of the Minsk City Executive Committee to refuse permission for the Slavic Pride march to take place on Saturday 15 May. The organizers of the march received a letter on 8 May from the Minsk authorities, prohibiting the march on the grounds that the proposed route violated Article 9 of the Law on the staging of public events. The article stipulates that public events cannot take place within 200 metres of underground stations and pedestrian crossings.
7 May 2010
On 5 May, the Vilnius City Administrative Court temporarily suspended the 2010 Baltic Pride march, following an application by the Lithuanian Attorney General to withdraw its authorization because of the risk of clashes with counter-demonstrators. The Supreme Administrative Court in Vilnius rejected these grounds, taking into account that Vilnius City Police insists that it has made the necessary security arrangements to guarantee the marchers’ security.
350 people are expected to take part in the march on Saturday 8 May, including over 50 Amnesty International activists from more than 20 countries.
4 May 2010
Raimondas Petrauskas, Lithuania’s Interim Attorney Generaland Stanislovas Buškevičius, member of the Kaunas City Council, have applied to thecourt to bantheBaltic Pride/March for Equality scheduled for this Saturday, 8 May, which was previously authorised by the Mayor of Vilnius. Their appeal is motivated by concerns over potential security risks. According to Mr Petrauskas,the Attorney General’s office has evidence that protests will be organised by various radical groups seekingtoprovokeunrest if the March goes ahead. The court will deliver a decision on whether to disallow the March for Equality by tomorrow, 5 May, lunch time.
30 Apr 2010
Amnesty International welcomed today’s ruling against the closure of Black Pink Triangle, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) association based in the western city of İzmir. In his 30 April ruling, the judge said: ‘Because, like every human being, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals also have the freedom of association, I rule against the application to close the association’.
28 Apr 2010
Amnesty International today condemned a Moldovan appeal court's decision to uphold a ban on an upcoming pro-equality march due to "security and public morality concerns". Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists had planned to attend the demonstration on Sunday in the capital, Chişinău, to call for improved anti-discrimination legislation in Moldova. However, Chişinău city authorities applied to get the march banned in response to numerous petitions from a range of religious and other anti-LGBT rights groups. Meanwhile, a counter-demonstration organized by those groups has been allowed to take place on the same day.
15 Apr 2010
Amnesty International today wrote to the Macedonian authorities expressing concern that the Anti-Discrimination Law adopted last Thursday failed to include provision for the protection from discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.The organization urged that the Anti-Discrimination Law be returned to parliament without further delay, so that amendments guaranteeing protection from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and sexual identity could be immediately adopted.
18 Mar 2010
Over 50 Lithuanian parliamentarians, including many from the two leading parties in the governing coalition, have signed a petition calling for the 2010 Baltic Pride march to be banned. The march is currently scheduled to take place in Vilnius on 8 May.The organizers of the Baltic Pride received authorization for the march from the Vilnius City Council in January, but the signers of the petition are alleging that the march will violate the controversial Law on the Detrimental Effect of Public Information on Minors, which entered into force on 1 March this year.
28 Jan 2010
Amnesty International has written to the government expressing its opposition to civil proceedings brought by the Izmir public prosecutor to close the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) association, Black Pink Triangle. The first court hearing in the case will be heard on 9 February at Izmir Civil Court of First Instance (no.6). Amnesty International will send an observer to the hearing.The Izmir-based association faces closure following a complaint by the Izmir Governor’s Office (part of the Ministry of the Interior) that the aims of the association violated “Turkish moral values and family structure”.
25 Jan 2010
Amnesty International calls on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (the Assembly) to send a clear signal of its determination to end discrimination across Europe against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Adopting the current text of the draft Resolution and Recommendation on this issue, which will be debated during its forthcoming part-session from 25-29 January, the Assembly would send such a signal. |
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News and Events
10 May 2012
Amnesty International and Bucharest-based organization Romani CRISS are deeply concerned at the threat of forced eviction of Roma from settlements in Baia Mare, in north-western Romania. Representatives of the two organizations visited the city this week to assess the situation following news reports that the relocation of Romani families from the settlements of Craica and Pirita would commence this week.
8 May 2012
 The current law in Romania does not prohibit forced evictions. Nor does it prohibit housing relocations to areas which are unsafe and/or polluted, and which pose a risk to people’s lives and health.It does not oblige authorities to provide public housing in locations which allow effective access to employment, health-care services, schools, child-care facilities and other services.
7 May 2012
 A prominent Russian LGBTI rights activist has become the first person to be fined for spreading “gay propaganda” under a new St Petersburg law after he picketed the city hall with a poster that said “homosexuality is not a perversion”. Nikolai Alexeyev announced the news of his conviction via Twitter: “Who can pay my fine for gay propaganda in St. Petersburg? 5000 rub, 130 euros, 180 usd”.
26 Apr 2012
Belgrade police and city authorities were not using force during Thursday’s eviction, which was being monitored by the media as well as representatives from Amnesty International and local NGOs, UN organizations, the EU delegation in Serbia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,.
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