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Salome Zurabishvili, Georgian President, repeals anti-LGBT law

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Salome Zurabishvili, Georgian President, repeals anti-LGBT law

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President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, returned to parliament without signing the law on the protection of family values ​​and minors. cuts LGBT rights and this prohibits, among other things, “propaganda” related to this group, gender reassignment or equal marriage.

Zurabishvili, Seen as a pro-European counterweight to an increasingly pro-Russian government, it formally fell short of the already expected rejection and the text now returns to parliament, where it was expected to be adopted. This is enough for the chairman of the legislative body, Shalva Papuashvili, approve it within a maximum period of five days.

The reform, similar to another already in place in Russia, has been criticized by organizations defending Human rightsamong them UN, who’s afraid of that principles of equality, non-discrimination, education, health, freedom of expression, and freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

Also High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, questioned this rule and directly demanded its abolition, warning that it implied a new step back in Georgia’s theoretical approach to the social bloc.

(Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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