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2005-2008 Pride.by
The chapter on Belarus was included in the Greenwood Encyclopedia of LGBT Issues Worldwide published earlier this year. The three volumes account for more than 1300 pages of important and timely information.
Igor Rybin considers that homosexuality leads to bestiality, pedophilia and necrophilia. He also thinks that demographical problems of Slavic nations are connected with the fact that homosexuality aims at coming in these countries disguised as democracy and freedom.
Minsk, on the night of August 23-24 well-known Belarusian LGBT activist Maxim Tsar'kov was beaten up becouse of his sexual orientation.
On the night of 18th-19th of March 2009 JEF will organise a co-ordinated pan-European action in different cities across the continent to show support to the suppressed civil society, LGBT and opposition movement in Belarus. The date coincides with the 2006 Presidential elections in Belarus. The action consists of gagging statues in cities throughout Europe and the world that will symbolically be prevented from speaking freely, much like the current situation of the people in Belarus.
U.S. Department of State for the third year in a row used information of TEMA information center in 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Belarus.
On February, 17th, Belarusian LGBT activist Roman Mandrykin filed a complaint in the Court of the Central Borough of Gomel in response to the decision of the Gomel City Administration to deny his request to hold a peaceful gathering. The event, entitled “The Right To Love” was planned for February 12th and was designed to raise public awareness about homophobia and discrimination against LGBT people in Belarus.
Members of Amnesty International (AI) in Belarus are concerned about false reports that the organization has publicly commented on a recent case involving conscription into the military. While the details are unclear, the story revolved around an exemption from military service offered to Mr. Paluyan and the basis for that exemption.
Three MEPs from the ALDE (Liberal Democrat) group have tabled questions to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso asking about the lack of gay rights in Belarus - and they are demanding answers.
«Four guys, looks very aggressive, broke into the apartment. The owner was near of the door. We have slept under blanket, they took it off and started to ride. Other starts to laugh and threaten, and after one open fly of his pants and ordered to «suck», or otherwise promised to dislodge teeth...
The last LGBT human rights report witch was made by new LGBT human rights report witch was made by Viachaslau Bortnik & Svyatoslav Sementsov.
From August 2008, activists of TEMA start to volunteer for Mother Teresa Missionary of Charity in Gomel (78 Sovetskaya st.). Two times a month gays and lesbians will help for free on cooking and distributing meal for poor, home less and disables people.
May 15, Belarusian LGBT leader Svyatoslav Sementsov send open letter to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka and got answer this week. Svyatoslav Sementsov tells Lukashenka about Moldavian Police witch allows violence (May 11) against participants of Moldova Pride 2008 and illegal banns of LGBT Pride March in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau by Mayor of Chisinau (May 08).
