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15 12 2010
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Iran: Discrimination and violence against sexual minorities
(Amsterdam) December 15, 2010 -- Discriminatory laws and policies against homosexuals and other sexual minorities in Iran put them at risk of harassment, violence, and even death, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Iran's sexual minorities, especially those who identify themselves a
15 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/537/
HRW: End Lashing, Reform Public Order Rules
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stlekXqem9o (Nairobi) December 15, 2010 -- The arrest of more than 60 Sudanese women's rights activists on December 14, 2010, for peacefully protesting the lashing of a woman by police shows the urgent need to reform Sudan's public order laws and practices, Human Righ
14 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/wqh/
Culture must not override gay rights
The secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has called for homosexuality to be decriminalised globally. Speaking last Friday on Human Rights Day, Mr Ban said that people were “not put on this planet to live in fear of their fellow human beings” and that human rights must trump cultu
14 12 2010
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Vandalization of LGBT books at Harvard determined 'accident'
The books, which covered same-sex marriage and lesbian and gay issues, were found in a state of irreparable damage in Lamont Library on November 24. Beside them on the shelf was an empty bottle that had presumably contained the urine. Library staff did not report the incident until last Friday, Dec
14 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/288/
In homophobic Ethiopia, first website for LGBT people launches
“Peace [Selam] seeker” (pseudonym), an Ethiopian gay asylum seeker, has written to us to announce his new website, set up for Ethiopian LGBT around the world. Homosexuality is illegal in Ethiopia and the country is very homophobic. Ethiolgbt.com carries news, a blog, stories of gay Ethiopians and a
14 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/zku/
Furious gay rights groups condemn FIFA chief Sepp Blatter
A leading international gay rights group demanded Tuesday that FIFA make an official apology following President Sepp Blatter's comment about homosexual sports fans traveling to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. Blatter, head of world football's governing body, said in South Africa on Monday in an appa
14 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/phv/
Mongolia: LGBT Activists Cheered by Potential Gay Rights Gain
Mongolian officials discussed LGBT issues at a Geneva meeting of the UN Human Rights Council’s first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the country. At the November 2 gathering, seven member states offered Ulaanbaatar recommendations for passing anti-discriminatory legislation that would enhance leg
12 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/3aj/
Obama signs repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a landmark law Wednesday repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military. "No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to live a lie, or look over their shoulder in order to serve the country that they love," Oba
10 12 2010
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https://lesbi.ge/s/78v/
The television charade of the Islamic Republic of Iran against Sakineh and Sajjad is condemned
Sakineh, Sajjad, Houtan and the two German journalists must be immediately and unconditionally released The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced that it will again broadcast ‘interviews’ with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and her son, Sajjad Ghaderzadeh, via its English language station, Press TV, t
09 12 2010
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Suicide after the talk with the police (Moldova)
On December, 10 the international society celebrates the Human Rights Day. Moldova also celebrates this day for already 18 years. But instead of successes achieved in this filed in our country we still talk about the human rights violations. And very often human rights are violated by the people who
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Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice
Queer Sisters Run 2019 edition's co-organisers were ახალგაზრდა მწვანეები • Georgian Young Greens and StudioMobile - Accent on Action SMAA სტუდიომობილი - აქცენტი მოძრაობაზე. The main topic of 2019 marathon was Social and Environmental Justice and the common purposes of Queer and Green Politics. This year's motto: Queer Politics is Green Politics!  Queer Sisters Run, started in 2018, is a new initiative by WISG, aiming for strengthening the queer community and finding new spaces and forms for activist communications and relations. #queersisters #queerpoliticsisgreenpolitics
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance