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UN Experts Alarmed at New Belarus Law Targeting LGBTQ+ and Women Rights
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UN experts alarmed at new Belarus law targeting LGBTQ+ and women rights
A group of seven UN experts expressed alarm on Wednesday about a new law aimed at repressing LGBTQ+ voices and proponents of human and women’s rights in Belarus. The experts were concerned that this repression would breed further harassment and marginalization of LGBTQ+ individuals, women, and other minority groups: This law represents a dangerous escalation. It equates legitimate human rights advocacy with an administrative offence and risks fu…
Head of State Lukashenko signs a law on the "protection of traditional values" according to the Russian model. Positive representations of homosexuality become punishable.
Fines up to 400 euros or prison sentences possible.
United Nations (UN) experts expressed concern Wednesday about a recent law passed in Belarus that criminalizes "propaganda" of issues such as same-sex relationships and the provision of healthcare to transgender people.
A recently adopted law in Belarus, targeting LGBT+ people or women's rights defenders, will "institutionalize discrimination and significantly increase the risk of repression", have alerted UN experts on Wednesday. ...
Belarus intensifies criminalisation of LGBTI people under its new "propaganda" law - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia
On 15 April 2026, Alexander Lukashenko signed the law “On Amendments to the Codes on Administrative Responsibility,” introducing liability for so-called “propaganda” of “homosexual relationships, gender transition, childlessness, and paedophilia.” The law will take effect two months after its official publication. TGEU condemns this systematic and dehumanising persecution of LGBTI people and calls for the repeal of all amendments and related leg…
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