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Landmark Turkish court ruling: Anti-gay language is not freedom of speech
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Setting an important legal precedent, Istanbul’s Criminal Court on Monday issued a landmark ruling against a religious Turkish newspaper for its use of anti-gay language, saying it illegally offended LGBT people.
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Murdered transgender woman latest victim of anti-LGBT violence in Turkey
AYDIN, Turkey — Police in Aydin, Turkey are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death at her home on Tuesday.
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Human Rights Watch: Macedonia has turned ‘a blind eye’ to anti-gay attacks
Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental human rights advocacy organization, said Wednesday the Macedonia government has turned “a blind eye” to a series of anti-LGBT attacks over the past two months, and called on Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to ensure a thorough investigation of the incidents.
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Lawmaker who wants gays flogged says Russian public needs protection
CHITA, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia — A Siberian region lawmaker who advocates publicly flogging of gays, said Tuesday he intends to establish a group to protect Russians from homosexuals.
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Turkey rejects call to censor media coverage of gay pride as ‘pornographic’
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey’s media regulator has rejected a demand by influential Turkish charities to censor coverage of LGBT events in the country’s media.
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LGBTI center in Macedonia torched in latest wave of anti-gay violence
SKOPJE, Macedonia – The country’s LGBTI Support Center has been set on fire by unknown arsonists. At around 4:20 a.m., on July 5, an unknown number of people climbed on to the roof of the center, punched a hole in the tiles and poured gasoline on the roof planks, setting them on fire.
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Putin signs bill sharply limiting adoption of Russian children by gays
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that sharply limits the adoption of Russian children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs anti-gay measures into law
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality.
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Dozens arrested at ‘unauthorized’ gay pride rally in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian police have arrested several gay rights activists and Russian nationalists who confronted them at a rally declared illegal under a new law against “gay propaganda.”
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Paris police obtain video footage of gay rights activist’s murder
PARIS — Investigators say they have obtained surveillance video that captured the fatal clash between skinheads and gay rights activist Clement Meric earlier this month.