This report by SOVA Center is focused on the phenomenon of hate crimes, i.e. on ordinary criminal offenses that were committed on the grounds of ethnic, religious or similar hostility or prejudice, and on the state’s counteraction to such crimes.
We call for withdrawal from unlawfully adopted positions and implementation of anti-discrimination programs in local governments, including counteracting xenophobia, homophobia and exclusion of people with disabilities - write in the position organizers of Equality Marches from around the country.
Annual report by nonprofit shows 2,125 cases, mostly online but also by state officials, family members and others; 272 teens forced to flee their homes
J-FLAG is a human rights and social justice organisation which advocates for the rights, livelihood and well- being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Jamaica.
The report found that more than 1.5 million public school students experienced homelessness in the 2017-18 school year, the highest in more than a dozen years.
The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction at the House of Representatives has rejected the passing of the long-awaited sexual violence bill, saying the bill has a “liberal perspective” that is contradictory to Pancasila and religious values.
"I think it's unfortunate that people argue over who threw the first brick because the relevant thing is not who threw the first brick, but who built the movement, who stayed around and who actually did the tough work," LGBT+ rights activist Power said.
Local governments, especially in eastern Poland, adopt resolutions in which they declare that they are zones "free from LGBT ideology". Can a similar situation take place in the Lubuskie Province?
“Because of government, LGBT people don’t have a place to get training [on sexual health]. People don’t get lubricants, they don’t get condoms, they don’t get services. In short, we are dying.”
Amid rising hate speech and crime, vulnerable people across Europe find themselves disconnected from the popular story of the region’s success in securing LGBTI rights, major human rights review finds.
