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Showing posts with label ILGA-Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ILGA-Europe. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 June 2015

US country musician Steve Grand with Armenian flag during EuroPride in Riga

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It was a pretty historic event - the EuroPride that took place in Riga on 20 June. Latvia is currently hosting the EU presidency, and this w...
Sunday, 23 June 2013

Violence, intimidation, no legislative protection - reports highlight urgent need for Armenia authorities to ACT NOW to tackle LGBT discrimination

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Series of reports published over the last month or so by various European, international and local groups consistently highlighted lack of ...
Friday, 17 May 2013

Armenia - at the bottom of Europe re human rights protection of its LGBT citizens

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Ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), leading European gay rights group ILGA-Europe launched its Rainbow Europe package...
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Sunday, 15 July 2012

Armenia LGBT rights record to be scrutinised before UN Human Rights Committee

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Review of Armenia at UN Human Rights Committee to begin on Monday 16 July 2012. PINK Armenia in cooperation with the Heartland Alliance fo...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

History in making: Rainbow flag flying above UK Government Office to mark Gay Pride Day

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This is why (along with other reasons) I made London my new home. This is why, despite all the problems and remaining challenges, UK is the ...
Friday, 13 January 2012

Disgrace: Armenian LGBT group WFCE awards "woman of the year" to a homophobic head of local radio station

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I intended first to write a post re neo-nazi Mek Azg and Public TV thing but priorities have changed. Instead, I should focus on disgrace of...
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Saturday, 29 October 2011

Georgia Ombudsman George Tugushi speaks at annual European LGBT conference

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Good to see Georgia Ombudsman participated and presented at the ILGA-Europe annual conference currently underway in Turin. Let's hope, h...
Monday, 3 May 2010

ILGA-Europe: Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly strongly condemns discrimination against LGBT people in Europe (statement)

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Below is a statement by Europe's main LGBT right group - ILGA-Europe , in relation to the resolution adopted by PACE on Discrimination o...
Thursday, 1 April 2010

All 47 Council of Europe countries, including Armenia, unanimously agreed on historic human rights recommendations for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

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There is a motto on a Council of Europe website: 47 countries, one Europe . If only these recommendations turn into actions and get impleme...
Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Urgent call for Europe to tackle homophobia & transphobia (special edition of ILGA-Europe magazine)

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You may download this publication by Europe's main gay rights group ILGA-Europe  here .

Turkey: stop violence against transgender people

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Multiple Murders Highlight Inadequate State Protection February 22, 2010 Protecting people and preventing violence means more than inves...
Thursday, 24 December 2009

Europe's gay rights group ILGA-Europe condemns police raid of member organisation in Georgia, demands immediate release of its board member Paata Sabelashvili (statement and pictures)

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For more pictures - ILGA-Europe's Photos - Office of Inclusive Foundation (Georgia) after the police raid *Statement by ILGA-Europe...
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Thursday, 10 December 2009

Austria became the 18th country in Europe to legalise gay civil unions

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Symbolically coincided with the International Human Rights Day - which calls to "embrace diversity and end discrimination" - Austr...

New EU anti-discrimination poster featuring Armenian activist Lilit Poghosyan

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Lilit Poghosyan is a Programmes & Policy Officer at Europe’s main gay rights group - ILGA-Europe, and my dear friend. Earlier this year...
Friday, 20 November 2009

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance

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Transgender Armenians blogging: Transgenders in Armenia (AM, RU, EN) Hye Trent (EN) *Statement by ILGA-Europe Today, the Transgend...
Thursday, 27 August 2009

UN Human Rights Committee calls Azerbaijan to combat harassment of LGBT by state employees

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I posted about this earlier . Now ILGA-Europe provides details on developments. Not that I think this will have any practical impact on Azer...
Friday, 31 July 2009

Report on violations of LGBT rights in Azerbaijan presented at UN Human Rights Committee

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Via Friends of Azerbaijan , Gender and Development local LGBT NGO, in partnership with Global Rights and ILGA-Europe, presented a report on ...
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Thursday, 25 June 2009

Azerbaijan and ILGA-Europe: first step to conducting strategic advocacy for LGBT rights

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by Beth Fernandez, ILGA-Europe’s Programmes Officer *via ILGA-Europe June 2009 newsletter As part of the PRECIS project (Prevention and Empo...
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Saturday, 18 April 2009

International Day Against Homophobia in South Caucasus countries?

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As of today, there are no reports or indications as to whether or how the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) will be marked by lo...
Thursday, 2 April 2009

Forced Out: Report on LGBT people in Armenia

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This "Forced Out" Armenia related report is based on a joint fact-finding mission by European and Dutch gay rights groups in Janua...
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