Statements from institutions, governments and other organisations
Find here statements from a broad scale of institutions, governments and other organisations
International and European institutions
- United Nations [1]
- Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland of Council of Europe's letter to High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation, Tatiana Moskalkova [2]
- Delegation of the European Union to Russia [3]
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) [4]
- Statement delivered at OSCE Permanent Council meeting on 6 April [5]
Appalling reports of gay men murdered in #Chechnya [6]. Perpetrators must be prosecuted. @Europarl_EN [7] strongly against discrimination & violence
— EP President Tajani (@EP_President) April 5, 2017 [8]
- VIDEO: situation of the LGBT community in Chechnya, statement by Antonio Tajani, EP President [9]
- The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights [10]
- Statement by [11]HRVP Frederica Mogherini's [12]lead EEAS Spokesperson on the human rights abuses of gay men in Chechnya [11]
- MEPs call to European Parliament President Tajani [13]
- ALDE Group of the European Parliament [14]
- S&D Group of the European Parliament [15]
- 2018 European Parliament resolution on Russia, the case of Oyub Titiev and the Human Rights Centre Memorial [16]
- 2018 CoE PACE report/resolution [17]
National governments
- UK government [18]
- German government [19]
- Statement by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid [20]
- Foreign Minister of Sweden, Margot Wallström
Alarmed by reports of systematic torture and killings of LGBT persons in Chechnya. Federal authorities must investigate & persecution stop.
— Margot Wallström (@margotwallstrom) April 5, 2017 [21]
We, FMs of Swe, Ger, Fra, UK and NL, have written to FM Lavrov urging Russia’s govt to investigate oppression of homosexuals in Chechnya.
— Margot Wallström (@margotwallstrom) May 4, 2017 [22]
- Foreign Minister of Austria, Sebastian Kurz [23]
- Foreign ministry of Denmark [24]
- Foreign ministry of France [25]
- Foreign ministry of Lithuania
Support CoE & OSCE calls for urgent investigation of violence vs #LGBTI [26]
persons in #Chechnya [6]. #HumanRights [27] apply to all without distinction— Lithuania MFA (@LithuaniaMFA) April 14, 2017 [28]
- US State Department [29]
- US Mission to the OSCE [30]
International organisations
- Human Rights Watch [31]
- Amnesty International [32]
- Article 19 [33]