EU bezorgd om aannemen Russische wet tegen voorlichting over homoseksualiteit (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 30 januari 2013.

EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 30 January 2013

Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton i on LGBTI rights in Russia

The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:

"High Representative Catherine Ashton expresses concern over the approval by the Russian Duma of a federal law on the "propaganda of homosexuality to minors", making it an administrative offence under Russian law.

The implementation of this law could reinforce discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals and intersex people as well as all those who support them and their choices, in particular by limiting their freedom of expression and their freedom of association and assembly.

The High Representative calls on the Russian Federation to uphold its national and international commitments - in particular in the framework of the Council of Europe as a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights - to protect the enjoyment of these rights by all individuals."