Homosexual rights in Russia
Written question
No.
567 to the Committee of Ministers
| Doc. 11932
| 27 May 2009
1 Referring
to the events at the Lomonosov University in Moscow on 17 May 2009
where Russian authorities banned a demonstration on anti-discrimination
and tolerance organised by homosexuals;
2 Considering the same events in Moscow on 17 May 2009 where
Omon special police forces brutally dissolved the above-mentioned
demonstration by beating up demonstrators and arresting 40 people;
3 Concerned by the fact that the mayor of Moscow, Mr. Jurij
Lusjkov, has stated that the police acted appropriately for the
situation and within the framework of the law, and that, on a previous
occasion, he has characterised homo parades as the “work of Satan”
and declared that “homosexuals are like weapons of mass destruction”;
Mr Jensen,
To ask the Committee of Ministers,
Whether the Committee intends to address the Russian government
in order to condemn the violation of the European Convention on
Human Rights committed by Russian authorities, to ask the Russian
government whether it agrees on the statement made by Mr. Lusjkov,
and to ask the Russian government how it intends to ensure that
the European Convention on Human Rights is respected in Russia and
that homosexuals are not discriminated by bans and violence.
Signed:
JENSEN Mogens, Denmark, SOC
