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Jun 07, 2007
Quickie Link: Anti-Gay Violence on the Rise in Europe and North America
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By vanrozenheim
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(New York, USA) - A new survey of hate crimes in Europe by a leading human rights organization finds a rising level of crimes committed against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation, even as governments generally fail to monitor or report those crimes. The report was released today by Human Rights First at a meeting on combating discrimination held in Bucharest, Romania by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. “The growing public presence of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) community in many countries has resulted in a violent backlash,” said Maureen Byrnes, executive director of Human Rights First.
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