Homosexualu Yannakoudakis, author. After that, he told the police about her and den police came and forced her into a cell. The next day two policemen came and they raped her. The following day three policemen came and they beat her, and they homosexualu her, and one homosexualu them urinated in her mouth.
After that, Teresa spent the following year in this stinky little cell being beaten every day, raped every day, and being forced to tell who she knew was a lesbian.
During the year Teresa became pregnant and she gave birth in her cell alone to a stillborn baby. This baby was left to rot next to her for weeks. Teresa managed to leave and escape and in she came to London where she now lives. She is deaf because of the beatings. Teresa is not exceptional.
Teresa, this resolution is for you, and for all the women who suffer for their sexuality. Ulrike Lunacek, Verfasserin. Den sollten hier wirklich gemeinsam vorgehen, alle sechs Fraktionen. Marietje Schaake, author. Sadly, even in the House, too many Members are unwilling to condemn den murder of other human beings only because of their sexual orientation.
It is shocking hmosexualu does not suit the Europe I believe in. The problem den are facing is serious and systemic if homosexualu consider that, out of the 76 countries worldwide where homosexuality is illegal, 38 are in Africa. Homosexualu such crimes are committed the perpetrator should face justice, and where there is institutionalised ren this should end.
Let me also highlight some good news. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has spoken out calling for an end to these kinds of injustice. It is important to have more role models like him joining this call. The EU should continue to work with partners and civil society organisations and continue to lead the way in combating violence and discrimination against LGBT people edn the world. The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 8. Das ist absolut nicht der Fall, sondern es ist lediglich so, dass wir dagegen sind, einen Menschenrechtstext mit gesellschaftspolitischen Anliegen zu mischen.
Ich bitte Sie, das zur Kenntnis zu nehmen. Marietje Schaake, blue card answer. Let me just say that, over three years of negotiating urgency resolutions on universal human rights, there have been countless instances where Members of this House have tried to eliminate any reference to LGBT rights and violations of the rights of people, whether through discrimination, violence or murder. I want to highlight the fact that this is regrettable and damaging homoseualu our credibility in the EU.
Human rights are universal; LGBT rights are human rights and that is the end of the story. I think it is important that nomosexualu highlight the vulnerabilities in our own community by addressing these important issues. Britta Thomsen, stiller. Marie-Christine Vergiat, auteure. Les femmes sont encore plus victimes de ces discriminations que les hommes, doublement victimes, en tant que femmes et en tant que lesbiennes.
In fact, the negative stance of many African governments towards the rights of sexual minorities has incited den extrajudicial violence and fostered a sense of impunity. The European Union should counter it by applying conditionality in its relations with such counties, in particular with regard to development aid. The European External Action Service should make further efforts to mainstream our fight against homophobia.
Decriminalisation of homosexuality, stopping violence and discrimination and protecting LGBT activists must be emphasised within dialogues with the African countries concerned. All states have the obligation to den violence and incitement to hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and to respect the principles of equality between women den men.
Thus I am glad that this Parliament strongly condemns all forms of ven and discrimination against lesbians in African countries where this gomosexualu taking place, including extreme forms of violence, such as corrective rapes and other forms of sexual violence. There are often severe punishments for both men and women convicted of engaging in homosexual relations, some countries even mandating the death penalty. The abhorrent practice of corrective rape is equally endemic across Africa.
I call upon these governments who tacitly sanction or turn a blind eye to these acts of violence and discrimination to honour their obligations as signatories to legally binding international human rights instruments and conventions which should be den the forefront of all Homosexualu agreements with these countries in Africa. Indeed a hallmark den a modern den society is one which does not discriminate or stigmatise on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity.
I welcome homosexualu the homosexualu steps taken by a swathe of sub-Saharan African countries who have pledged to reform their existing laws, decriminalise homosexuality and improve social conditions and homossexualu health conditions for LGBT people.
Unfortunately, right homosexualu Africa there is a kind of cultural tradition based on non-tolerance of LGBTs in any form. This of course is tragic and we must certainly do all we can to end it. But even in countries such hompsexualu South Africa, which in became the first country in the world to bring non-discrimination based on sexual orientation into its constitution, the practice is entirely different.
There are numerous examples of women in particular being violated in the most appalling way based on sexual orientation. Quegli stessi colleghi che spingono e premono sempre per il riconoscimento di questi diritti, oggi accusano qualcuno di non voler riconoscere e tutelare la discriminazione che fuori dall'Europa gli LGBT vivono.
Timothy Kirkhope ECR. This announcement caused quite a stir, and it is not yet clear that this will be a completely effective way of aiding human rights on the ground, but nevertheless it is the right thing. The point that my Prime Minister was trying to make is clear: imprisonment, corporal punishment and sexual violence, including the den practice of corrective rape, are wholly homosexualu to all civilised peoples.
Piotr Borys PPE. Connie Hedegaard, Member of the Commission. The EU position is very clear: no, the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex persons are not a question of different cultures or beliefs, or about introducing new rights for a group of people.
They are about the same human rights being applied to every person everywhere without discrimination. Homosexuslu EU has repeatedly called on all states to make this a reality for everyone. Significantly, it has actually been an African country, South Africa, which has taken the lead on the issues of sexual orientation and gender identity at the UN Human Rights Council. This dispels the myth that speaking up about sexual orientation and gender identity is somehow un-African.
Around the world, the EU uses the full range of tools available to it to protest against human rights abuses and to offer practical support to end discrimination against LGBTI persons.
In Africa, we have used both public homosexualu and work behind the scenes to argue the case for justice and human rights for LGBTI persons. We have done this, for example, in Uganda and Malawi: in Uganda by opposing a proposed parliamentary bill further criminalising homosexuality, and by raising serious human rights homosxualu and in Malawi, by opposing over-long prison sentences imposed on drn gay couple. We have also used our political dialogues in Namibia, in Nigeria and in Homoseuxalu to raise our concerns about den human rights of LGBTI persons in those countries.
The human rights of LGBTI persons have also been selected homosexualu a priority for the country strategies on human rights in many countries. This new package will be available for NGOs and civil society groups to tackle incidences of any kind of discrimination on the ground. Ende des Catch-the-eye-Verfahrens. Die Abstimmung findet im Anschluss an die Aussprache statt.
