Statements from institutions, governments and other organisations
Find here statements from a broad scale of institutions, governments and other organisations
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- United Nations
- Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland of Council of Europe's letter to High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation, Tatiana Moskalkova
- Delegation of the European Union to Russia
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
- Statement delivered at OSCE Permanent Council meeting on 6 April
Appalling reports of gay men murdered in #Chechnya. Perpetrators must be prosecuted. @Europarl_EN strongly against discrimination & violence
— EP President Tajani (@EP_President) April 5, 2017
- VIDEO: situation of the LGBT community in Chechnya, statement by Antonio Tajani, EP President
- The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights
- Statement by HRVP Frederica Mogherini's lead EEAS Spokesperson on the human rights abuses of gay men in Chechnya
- MEPs call to European Parliament President Tajani
- ALDE Group of the European Parliament
- S&D Group of the European Parliament
- 2018 European Parliament resolution on Russia, the case of Oyub Titiev and the Human Rights Centre Memorial
- 2018 CoE PACE report/resolution
National governments
- UK government
- German government
- Statement by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid
- Foreign Minister of Sweden, Margot Wallström
Alarmed by reports of systematic torture and killings of LGBT persons in Chechnya. Federal authorities must investigate & persecution stop.
— Margot Wallström (@margotwallstrom) April 5, 2017
We, FMs of Swe, Ger, Fra, UK and NL, have written to FM Lavrov urging Russia’s govt to investigate oppression of homosexuals in Chechnya.
— Margot Wallström (@margotwallstrom) May 4, 2017
- Foreign Minister of Austria, Sebastian Kurz
- Foreign ministry of Denmark
- Foreign ministry of France
- Foreign ministry of Lithuania
Support CoE & OSCE calls for urgent investigation of violence vs #LGBTI
persons in #Chechnya. #HumanRights apply to all without distinction— Lithuania MFA (@LithuaniaMFA) April 14, 2017
