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All over the world lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people are being criminalised, tortured or ill-treated because of their sexuality.
Amnesty and our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Network is working to expose these human rights abuses.
We take action to challenge governments and state authorities to fulfil their responsibility to protect LGBT people from such abuses.
Amnesty works to protect human rights defenders who put themselves at risk by speaking out to protest at human rights violations based on sexuality or gender identity.
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 Turkey: Respect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people's rights A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates
the right to freedom of association. Take action now |
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USA: Police abuse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Chicago Alexander Ruppert, a gay man in Chicago, USA is seeking justice for ill-treatment
and intimidation which he claims he suffered at the hands of Chicago Police Department
(CPD) officers.London Pride 2008
This year's London Pride celebration was on 5 June, a beautiful day with mostly blue skies. Amnesty International UK had a huge presence at the march with our Eurovision Pride Contest float awarding 'nul points' to Turkey, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia, Moldova and Estonia; countries demonstrating inadequate protection of rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.Amnesty will also highlight human rights abuses against LGBT people at Brighton pride on 2 August and Manchester pride on 23 August. To join the fun and volunteer at either event, please email pride@amnesty.org.uk
Riga Pride - Latvia
On 31 May, activists from Amnesty International UK joined 100 other activists
representing 30 countries to support Riga Pride in Latvia. The march was well
protected by police, a great improvement from recent years in which counter-protestors
have greeted pride participants with violence.
Although this year's march passed largely without incident, the counter-protestors continued to create a climate of fear and intimidation for local LGBT people. Amnesty will continue to attend Riga Pride until local LGBT people are able to assemble without fear of violence. See a video of Riga Pride 2008 | Read the report Amnesty details wave of homophobia in Eastern Europe
Good news: UK embassy to fly the rainbow flag
We were delighted that the British Embassy decided to fly the rainbow flag alongside the Union flag on the weekend of the 8 June, in support of Warsaw Pride 2008. Find out more
About the LGBT Network
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