The Iraqi parliament on Saturday approved the inclusion of changes in the anti-prostitution law criminalization of homosexual relationships and transgender expressions, which now carry penalties of up to fifteen years in prison. Read more: Ecuador reported that Colombia has completely cut off the electrical connection The legislature noted that the amendments were passed ‘to preserve […]
Tag: Discrimination
A theologian loses his job for writing about homosexuality
A British theologian is fighting for freedom of speech and conscience in court after being fired from his job at an evangelical Bible college. The father of five lost his position because of a tweet in which he wrote about homosexuality in the context of sin and the Gospel – writes Vatican News PL. “Homosexuality […]
Italy is becoming increasingly racist
As in the rest of Europe, racism against black-skinned people is increasing in Italy. The most obvious discrimination in our country is in the fields of employment and housing. One in two immigrants of African descent lives in overcrowded housing, and although 80 percent have a paid job, only 2 percent have their own apartment. […]
PSG coach, in police custody for discrimination investigation
Paris Saint-Germain’s still coach Christophe Galtier is in police custody with his son on Friday under an investigation for racism and discrimination when he trained Nice, that city’s prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme said. The case refers to the leak of an alleged email from then Nice sports director Julien Fournier denouncing Galtier’s alleged racist attitude as […]
Argument against the Paris Olympics: Alcohol will only be sold to VIPs
Alcohol is prohibited at the Paris Olympics, but the ban does not apply to VIPs, that is, those who purchase additional services in addition to tickets for competitions. The decision taken by the organization of the Games, scheduled for next summer in France, unleashes a whirlwind of debate. After the news of Le Parisien newspaper […]
US police use photo of African American as target on shooting range
In a police shooting exercise, the target is an African American. The case is causing a lot of controversy in the United States. A few tens of kilometers from Atlanta, Georgia, the police department of Villa Rica was brought under blame and investigation last Saturday, when it organized a target shooting day for citizens at […]
EU document on LGBT+ protection from Italy, yes from Hungary and Poland
Giorgia Meloni’s Italy has decided to support a text of the European Union calling for the protection of LGBT+ people in Member States from violence and discrimination. And he did so, coincidentally, on Pride Day in Rome and after days of debate over the centre-right-led Lazio Region’s removal of sponsorship of the event. As with […]
In Uganda, risk of imprisonment or death penalty when anti-Lgbt+ crackdown is declared
Uganda will have one of the toughest anti-LGBT+ laws in the world. The country’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has finally signed the repression, which prescribes very severe penalties, from prison to death. Same-sex relationships were already illegal in the country, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes much further. The measure […]
Spain and Brazil’s ministries of equality demand that racist insults be punished
Spain and Brazil’s ministries of equality released a joint statement on Tuesday denouncing racist slurs such as that of Brazilian footballer Vinícius Jr. suffered this weekend, and demand that they not go “unpunished”. Both departments have shown their “unconditional solidarity” with the Real Madrid player and have demanded that all competent institutions respond “with the […]
European countries where homosexuals must avoid sex to donate blood
There is a shortage of blood in European hospitals, but some countries do not accept blood from gay donors. This is happening, above all, in the Nordic countries that rank high in international LGBT rights rankings. But paradoxically, for a man in a relationship with another man, the restrictions on donations are much stricter. Among […]