At a 25 June protest against the St. Petersburg authorities’ refusal to let the Slavic Pride go ahead, the police arrested 14 people and detained them for more than 24 hours.

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Turkey face discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Amnesty International has launched a campaign to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in Turkey.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) solidarity organizations in Turkey have fought a long campaign for equality before the law. There is no law in Turkey which explicitly prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. Discriminatory statements by public...

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The Turkish authorities must bring into force laws that will protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from widespread discrimination, Amnesty International has said in a new report published today. The report, ‘Not an illness nor a crime’: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

The authorities in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, have denied lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists the right to hold a Slavic Pride, planned for 25 June 2011. There are fears that the police will detain peaceful demonstrators, and there have also been threats of violence...

LGBT activist and human rights defender Alex David Sánchez Álvarez was threatened at gunpoint for the third time this year, on 8 June 2011. Amnesty International believes that his life is in danger.

Amnesty International is calling on the Moscow authorities to overturn their ban on the city’s gay pride event, which had been set to take place on 28 May.Moscow’s Deputy Mayor told the event organiser, Nikolai Alekseyev, and confirmed to Amnesty International, that his application to hold the...

Amnesty International is calling on the Moscow authorities to overturn their ban on the city’s gay pride event, which had been set to take place on 28 May.Moscow’s Deputy Mayor told the event organiser, Nikolai Alekseyev, and confirmed to Amnesty International, that his application to hold the...

A Ugandan parliamentary debate and vote on a draconian anti-homosexuality bill due to happen today did not take place after the country’s parliament was officially dissolved. Ugandan MPs had been set to debate the bill, which could allow the death penalty for homosexual acts in some cases, but...

Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera, leading LGBT activist in Guerrero has been killed in what appears to have been a homophobic attack. Other members of the gay pride organization he worked with and other LGBT activists may be at risk of attack.