Europe News

Anger at Death of Cameraman at hands of Mob

Posted on 25 Jul 2021 in Europe

In Georgia, demonstrations continue after the violent murder of a gay camerman, Alexander Lashkarava at the weekend. Mr Lashkarava's murder by a homophobic mob followed weeks of violent provocation by neo-Nazis and nationalist religionists, who had broken into LGBTQ organisations headquarters and ransacked offices. Journalistic freedom groups and human rights activists have united with LGBTQ campaigners to hold demonstrations, at considerable personal risk, against the authoritarian government of Irakli Garibashvili .

Messages of Support After Tblisi Pride Stops

Posted on 21 Jul 2021 in Europe

Euronews Channel reports that organisers of the proposed Pride March in the Georgian capital, Tblisi, have cancelled the event after threats and intimidation from Nazi and orthodox religious groups, coupled with an apparent indifference from the supposedly impartial and secular a

Thousands Rally for Pride in Hungary

Posted on 9 Jul 2021 in Europe

The Guardian carries pictures of the weekend's main LGBTQ Freedom March in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

Hooligans Will Not Defeat Our Community

Posted on 26 Jun 2021 in Europe

Beat-FM, a commercial radio station in South Western Ireland that has partnered with local Pride campaigns, says that rainbow flags have been cut down in Waterford by a group of heterosexual hooligans.

Barbaric Spike in Homo-hatred crime in Spain

Posted on 4 Jun 2021 in Europe

The head of the Observatory on Homophobia, known as OCH, in Catalunya, Spain has described a sickening cycle of “barbaric” homophobic attacks this year, as another gay male couple was assaulted and another man required surgery to his face.

May

Pride First for the Shetland Islands

The Shetland Islands are probably to see their first independent Pride event in the June of 2022, according to a report on the BBC News Channel.

May

Italian TV Censors Rapper on Gay Equality

Italy pioneered community broadcasting in the libertarian 1970's, but it has also retained a popular state broadcaster, called RAI.

May

Two Hundred Years since Napoleon's Death

Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5th in 1821.

Apr

Fighting Back Against Polish State Bigotry

Issue Ninety Three of Organise!, the quarterly journal of the Anarchist Federation, is available now for sale at radical bookstores and meeting places, and for fre

Mar

Late Surge for Right in Dutch Election

And some late breaking news on the Dutch General Election. Cable and satellite news network Al Jazeera says that it’s most up to date opinion poll is predicting the anti-immigrati