Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by HOLLAND Agnieszka, TOKARCZUK Olga
Showdowns between Polish activists and its ultra-conservative government could help build a more tolerant future
If you want to understand the currents of change shaping our world, look to the periphery. Countries and people pushed to the margins teach us a lot about the health of democracy. (...)
, by BERES-DEAK Rita
On June 10, 2021, the Hungarian parliament made public the contents of a proposed “Pedophilia Act,” to be voted on less than a week later, on June 15. The bill has caused general outrage among national and international human rights organizations. Considering the name under which that bill was (...)
, by WALKER Shaun
Constitutional amendment proposed to enshrine defence of so-called ‘Christian values’
Moments before Hungary entered a second coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, the far-right government signalled its intention to pass a range of new legislation, including to make it harder for opposition (...)
, by KUCHARSKA Marta
This August Linus Lewandowski was physically attacked by a group of strangers, simply for being gay. The 28-year-old software engineer and LGBTI+ rights activist was holding hands with his boyfriend Rafał as they made their way home to their downtown Warsaw apartment. “Then I heard someone say (...)
Only one day after the Polish National Electoral Commission announced the incumbent president Andrzej Duda as the winner of the close runoff elections, a queer activist was arrested in Warsaw. According to witnesses, Margot’s arrest looked more like a kidnapping because ununiformed police (...)
, by SHOTTER, James
Andrzej Duda makes plea to ultra-conservative supporters ahead of June 28 presidential poll
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda claimed on Saturday that “LGBT ideology” was “more destructive” than communism, as the central European country heads towards a bitterly contested presidential election. (...)
, by KOROLCZUK Elżbieta
Świdnik, a town in south-east Poland, has become the country’s first ‘LGBT-free zone’. In March 2019, the county council declared its aim to protect children and families from ‘homosexual propaganda’ and moral degeneration. In a non-binding resolution, local politicians pledged to refrain from any (...)
, by TETEVENSKI Stoyo
For some time now, the discord on major social issues between the progressive Social Democratic and Socialist parties in Europe, on the one hand, and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), on the other, has deepened. The BSP has been repeatedly criticized by the socialist family for its positions (...)
, by SMITH Helena
Greek Orthodox cleric claimed gay men recognisable from ‘particular odour’
Police in Cyprus have opened an investigation into homophobic remarks made by a controversial bishop.
At the request of the island’s attorney general, investigators will examine whether the Greek Cypriot Orthodox (...)
, by FRANCO Lucía, LEÓN Pablo, MARMISA Javier, URRA Susana
Volunteers speak out after the far-right party requests the names of people who work to raise awareness of the communities at public schools in the region
“Ms Monasterio, we teach the workshops that you want to ban.”
Miguel, María and Sergio are LGBT activists who do volunteer work for Cogam, a (...)
, by BIELIK Stefan
Poland has the most interesting history regarding LGBT rights of any European nation – from the adoption of equal ages of consent for hetero- and homosexual sex in the 1920s, to the modern state where Pride marches are for respect, tolerance and legal equality as opposed to the more party (...)
, by BORTUN Vladimir
The restoration of capitalism in countries like Romania failed to meet its promises and has instead delivered mass economic migration, vast income inequality, decaying public services, precarious jobs, low wages and corruption.
This has led, in turn, to deep disillusionment with the political (...)
, by KOVAČ Nika , MALJEVAC Simon
The report is analysing neoconservative movement that is focusing on opposing laws of and policies on sexual and reproductive rights in Slovenia. These movements are relying on religious beliefs to mobilize citizens to participate in politics around the ultra-conservative agenda related to (...)
, by The Economist
Ridiculous tests to sort those who fear persecution from those who do not
HOW can you tell if a refugee is gay? Austrian officials seem to have relied on old Bee Gees lyrics for a reason to reject an 18-year-old man from Afghanistan who said he risked persecution back home for his sexual (...)
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