Middle East Technical University (METU) Rectorate did not permit the Pride Week and March to be organized by METU LGBTI+ Solidarity on May 7-12. The mail sent to all students by the rectorate indicated that no event will be permitted within the university in accordance with the decision of Ankara Governorate, dated 18 November 2017, preventing all LGBTI+ events in the province.
Amnesty International called for urgent action against the prevention. The organization emphasized that the prevention violates the freedom of the right to meeting. “The march must be permitted and the general ban applied on all LGBTI+ events in Ankara must be removed,” said the organization. To take part in the urgent action; https://goo.gl/Z11GXa
07.05.2018
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