Turkey: Government Needs to Respect and Protect the Human Rights of LGBT People
April 29, 2009
IGLHRC has written a letter to the Turkish government supporting a call from Turkish groups for an investigation into a series of murders of gay men and transgender people, and for proactive legislative and policy measures to protect LGBT individuals from violence and discrimination, including discrimination concerning the right to freedom of association and expression. This was recently illustrated by the legal action taken to shutdown the organization Lambda Istanbul.
The case against Lambda Istanbul is to re-open on April 30, 2009 in the local court in Istanbul, whose initial decision on May 29, 2008 to close down the organization was overturned by the appeal court on November 25, 2008.
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IGLHRC has written a letter to the Turkish government supporting a call from Turkish groups for an investigation into a series of murders of gay men and transgender people, and for proactive legislative and policy measures to protect LGBT individuals from violence and discrimination, including discrimination concerning the right to freedom of association and expression. This was recently illustrated by the legal action taken to shutdown the organization Lambda Istanbul.
The case against Lambda Istanbul is to re-open on April 30, 2009 in the local court in Istanbul, whose initial decision on May 29, 2008 to close down the organization was overturned by the appeal court on November 25, 2008.
» read more
