Turkey: an LGBT organisation faces closure

The logo of the group commemorates the badge LGBTs were forced to wear in Nazi Genocide Camps

Black Pink Triangle Association in Izmir is the fifth LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) organization that faces closure threat from the Turkish government. The first hearing will take place on February 9, 2010. The reason for closure threat is once again being “against the law and morality.”

The association members stated that: “The prosecutor’s demand for closure of our association is clearly a violation of civil rights. Establishing an organization is a constitutional right and they want to take that right from us.”

Source: bird of paradox

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Filed under: Discrimination,Gender — Tags: , , , — Natalia - 2 February 2010 19:10

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The legalized slavery

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With the increasing number of unemployed and empty promises of an impressive resume, more and more organizations that call themselves defenders of human rights  forget to meet the economic rights of a large population: qualified young people in search of employment.


The unpaid internships seem to have come to stay! This market seems to spread and be felt mainly in the social sciences and humanities, an area that young people should feel so grateful to be employed that they should work for free.

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Filed under: Discrimination,Social,politics — Tags: , , , , — paula - 19 November 2009 16:07

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