Turkey’s Democracy Reform Package fails LGBT citizens
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At the end of last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented a ‘Democracy reform package’, including constitutional reforms, an anti-discrimination bill and a proposal for an amendment to hate crime and hate speech law.
Unfortunately, the package leaves out measures that would protect LGBT people from violence and discrimination.
Sexual orientation and gender identity are currently excluded from equality provisions in the constitution.… Read the rest
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