On November 20 transgender people murdered in hate crimes for their gender identity are being remembered. Documentation of such crimes is extremely difficult. In the majority of cases these crimes are not investigated properly and the perpetrators are not held…
Theme: LGBTI rights
Belgian “ZiZo magazine” about the report of ADC Memorial “Violation of LGBT Rights in Crimea and Donbass: The Problem of Homophobia in Territories Beyond Ukraine’s Control”. Een Russische en een Oekraïense organisatie hebben samen een rapport gepubliceerd over holebi- en…
ADC “Memorial” took part in the side event “Donbas: surviving hell”, which was organized during the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR) meeting in Warsaw. Representatives of human rights organizations from Ukraine – Center for Civil…
Tough norms
Over the past two years, the LGBT communities in Crimea and in the part of the Donbass not controlled by Ukraine found themselves under the rule of new laws. Experts of the Anti-discrimination Center “Memorial” interviewed members of gay communities…
The human rights report was prepared with support from the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine) Dozens of witnesses to the events of recent years in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine were interviewed for this report. Many of them spoke about the…
Freedom, Equality and Dignity for All
The March for Equality took place in Kiev on June 12. Participants in this peaceful demonstration to protect LGBTI rights in Ukraine demanded equal rights, dignity, and freedom for all the country’s residents, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity….