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Turkish court rules GLBT rights group name is immoral

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] A Turkish court Thursday ordered the closure of a prominent gay rights group, finding that the name of Lambda Istanbul Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transvestites Solidarity Association [advocacy website, in Turkish] is contrary to Turkish morality because it includes words describing sexual identity. Lambda Istanbul has vowed to appeal the ban, taking the case to the European Court of Human

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).

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