Kaos GL [News]

October 14, 2006

Below is the Press Release from the Commitee of Conscientious Objection at Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch on October 13, 2006.

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October 14, 2006
Marc Shoffman, www.pinknews.co.uk

Northern Cyprus is set to decriminalise homosexuality, bringing it in line with European Union (EU) laws and human rights in the rest of the country.
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October 10, 2006
BIA News Center

Public Prosecutor's Office rejects request from Bursa Governorship to close down Rainbow Association saying "homosexuality is not an offence" and reiterates that there will be no prosecution with a reference to the European Convention on Human Rights.

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October 9, 2006

An official demand to ban another gay rights association in the city of Bursa was rejected by a prosecutor on October 6, 2006, allowing the Rainbow Solidarity and Cultural Association to continue to operate, reports. The decision was hailed by gay rights activists as a big step in combating discrimination in the country, which hopes to join the European Union.

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Reuters, Selcuk Gokoluk
October 4, 2006

Belgin still vividly remembers the night, more than a quarter of a century ago, when police herded her and dozens of other transsexuals and transvestites on to a train as part of a campaign to clean up Istanbul.

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