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Europe warns Ukraine: anti-gay law obstacle to visa-free travel
The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT rights today issued this press release, which confirms the observations of the Oct. 4 blog post “Ukraine’s anti-gay bill could lead to travel...
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Europe to Russia and Ukraine: Nix censorship laws
This is a press release from the European Parliament, issued Dec. 13, 2012. (The photos are not part of the press release.) European Parliament calls on Russia and Ukraine to shelve censorship laws...
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Will Europe pressure Ukraine to reject anti-gay bills?
European parliament building Human rights activists are urging the European parliament to delay a move to ease requirements for visas for travel to and from Ukraine until that country drops efforts to...
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Ukraine’s anti-gay bills don’t derail visa relaxation
Pink News reports: European Parliament building (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Efforts to halt the European Parliament’s decision to relax visa restrictions on Ukraine, due to the country’s support for...
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Europe targets anti-gay laws in Uganda, Nigeria
Online image from the Intergroup on LGBT RIghts. The European Parliament today called for action against new anti-gay laws in Uganda and Nigeria, the parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights reported....
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Greeting the Pope, European official urges him to speak up
Christian Today reports: Austria’s Ulrike Lunacek, an openly lesbian member of the European Parliament, presents a rainbow-colored scarf to Pope Francis. (Photo courtesy of Christian Today) A top...
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European Parliament urges Kyrgyzstan to drop anti-LGBTI bill
2014 protest against Kyrgyzstan’s proposed anti-“gay propaganda” law The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBTI Rights reports: In a resolution adopted today, the European Parliament calls on...
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Proposals for new ‘gay propaganda’ laws; Europe worries
Map compiled by Human RIghts First shows the status of anti-‘gay propaganda’ laws in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The European Parliament is keeping a worried eye on two Central Asian nations’...
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Europe demands probe of mass arrests in Chechnya
Chechnya’s brutal attacks, arrests and detentions imposed on its LGBTI citizens have fallen out of the news, but haven’t been forgotten by the European Parliament. The European Parliament’s Intergroup...
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European MPs urge Tunisia to halt gay arrests, torture
Members of the European Parliament’s LGBTI interest group wrote to the Tunisian government today, urging a halt to arrests, torture and prosecutions of gay men for the sexual orientation. Tunisian head...
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