We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Petition against homophobic violence in Russia

Target: European Council and the Member States of the EU
Sponsor: Jonge Democraten, The Netherlands
  • Signatures: 1,953
  • Goal: 1,500
  • Deadline: 6-30-2007
This petition is directed at the European Council and individual Member States of the European Union and calls for an immediate and firm response to the eroding state of democracy and human rights in Russia that exhibits extreme antagonism towards homosexuals.

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Number Date Name Gender Organisation Function Comments
1,959 9:39 am PDT, Jul 16 ralph ramaekers Male none student stop it now
1,958 5:01 pm PDT, May 29 Jens Cavallius-Nieder Female      
1,957 2:00 am PDT, May 3 Anonymous Female      
1,956 5:31 pm PDT, Apr 18 Mary Slayton Female      
1,955 1:17 pm PDT, Apr 7 Mels Whe Female      
1,954 12:59 pm PDT, Apr 4 Deborah Cooper Female      
1,953 2:26 pm PDT, Apr 1 asia garcia Female      
1,952 1:03 am PDT, Apr 1 PEGUY Philippe Male      
1,951 8:57 pm PDT, Mar 31 Jenny Vegan Female      
1,950 7:27 pm PDT, Mar 30 Michele McGuire Female      
1,949 2:55 pm PDT, Mar 29 daniella roozenburg Female      
1,948 7:33 am PDT, Mar 23 Sarah Panullo Female      
1,947 8:45 am PDT, Mar 22 Art Deco Male      
1,946 7:45 am PDT, Mar 22 Jaylena Greenfield Female      
1,945 1:24 am PDT, Mar 22 Black Tiger Petersen Female      
1,944 8:56 pm PDT, Mar 21 JOCELYNE ANNIE Female      
1,943 5:46 pm PDT, Mar 21 Samantha Szesciorka Female      
1,942 5:41 pm PDT, Mar 21 Darlene Davis Female      
1,941 11:38 am PDT, Mar 21 Levent Akbulut Male Liberal Democrats    
1,940 9:19 am PDT, Mar 18 Holly Roberts Female     I support the end of homophbia! It be stop everywhere.
1,939 6:45 am PDT, Mar 18 Spencer Sheehan-Kalina Male      
1,938 8:33 am PDT, Mar 15 Em Ee Male     I might not live in Russia, but I support the end to homophobia everywhere.
1,937 9:36 am PDT, Mar 13 LESLIE WILDMAN Female      
1,936 2:12 pm PDT, Mar 11 Ana Ramírez Female      
1,935 1:04 pm PST, Feb 25 Shelby Kibodeaux Female      
1,934 10:36 am PST, Feb 22 Emilio Rivera Male      
1,933 11:38 pm PST, Feb 16 Anton Oscar Iorga Male      
1,932 4:22 pm PST, Jan 26 Adrian Villicana Female      
1,931 7:43 am PST, Jan 21 Meg Houck Female      
1,930 6:31 am PST, Jan 18 MORENAS Christophe Male      
1,929 9:36 pm PST, Jan 15 Jennifer Spires Female     ALL people have rights and to attack a person because of sexual orientation is sick.
1,928 12:58 pm PST, Jan 9 Anonymous Female      
1,927 8:12 pm PST, Jan 2 Brittany Yarrington Female      
1,926 3:19 pm PST, Jan 1 Anonymous Male      
1,925 5:33 am PST, Dec 26 Anonymous Female      
1,924 10:56 pm PST, Dec 21 Anonymous Female      
1,923 1:54 pm PST, Dec 21 Anonymous Female      
1,922 5:17 am PST, Dec 20 ejick natalia Female      
1,921 7:23 pm PST, Dec 19 Jessica S Female      
1,920 9:39 pm PST, Dec 18 Bobbie Straley Female      
1,919 5:14 pm PST, Dec 12 Chelsea Anderson Female      
1,918 7:19 am PST, Dec 2 Nicholas Joseph Davis Male      
1,917 1:05 pm PST, Nov 29 Anonymous Female      
1,916 10:56 pm PST, Nov 21 Ingo Becker Male      
1,915 10:08 pm PST, Nov 16 Marie Mattano Female     Let the people love. If everybody would stop killing these people we would have a better world. Or at least better in a no-killing way!
1,914 12:35 am PST, Nov 13 Michiel van Hoof Male      
1,913 2:34 am PDT, Oct 26 Klarabella Janssen Female      
1,912 4:27 pm PDT, Oct 22 Anonymous Female      
1,911 11:53 am PDT, Oct 16 Cassandra Cottone Female      
1,910 6:05 pm PDT, Oct 14 Beth Farrell Female     Homophobia needs to stop! All people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
1,909 11:23 pm PDT, Oct 11 Brenda LaLande Female      
1,908 2:18 pm PDT, Oct 10 Laurel Burns Female      
1,907 5:35 pm PDT, Oct 8 Darlene Saunders Female      
1,906 4:31 pm PDT, Oct 6 Madelin Castillo Female      
1,905 8:00 pm PDT, Sep 30 Sheila N. Female      
1,904 5:48 am PDT, Sep 27 Gill Cooper Female      
1,903 2:33 pm PDT, Sep 26 Sarah Dugan Female      
1,902 5:44 am PDT, Sep 26 Silvia Ganora Female      
1,901 9:28 am PDT, Sep 25 Elina Bjorvik Female      

Petition against homophobic violence in Russia

On the 27th of May 2007, Sophie in ‘t Veld, a Dutch Member of the European Parliament (ALDE), was threatened with a knife during a demonstration in Moscow. Although she remained physically unharmed, the Russian police made no effort to defend the right to peacefully demonstrate for human rights. Many people involved in the organization of the peaceful demonstration – including other European politicians – were arrested while the extreme-right attackers were left unharmed.

If you wish to dissociate from such acts of homophobia and thus wish to protect people’s rights to express their sexuality and demonstrate for human rights, please sign the petition below.

  • We are worried about the state of democracy and the protection of human rights in Russia that consistently and continuously fails to protect the right to demonstrate for human rights,
  • We are concerned that homophobic violence will continue to threaten homosexuals as well as peaceful demonstrators in the near future if situations like the one in Moscow do no receive strong international disapproval,
  • We therefore call upon the European Council and individual Member States of the European Union to act upon this disgrace for democracy and put pressure on the Russian government that fails to protect democracy and fight against homophobia.

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