Source: AFP
Gays and lesbians in Serbia face violence, abuse and discrimination and the government is failing to protect their rights, a gay rights group said yesterday.
“The biggest problems of the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] population in Serbia are violence, discrimination and hate speech,” the Belgrade-based Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) said in its annual report for 2009.
In addition, prosecutors and courts show “extreme slowness and inefficiency” in discrimination cases, it added.
“A dozen legal procedures have been launched in 2009 in order to protect victims of violence and discrimination of LGBT persons... but to date not a single ...