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Preparations for gay pride events in Brussels in May this year (Photo: Miguel Discart)

Most EU states drifted backward on gay rights

Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland still show the least respect of all EU countries toward sexual minorities, with activists calling for political “courage” and “backbone” by EU institutions.

The three member states all scored below 20 percent on a map of human rights compliance in Europe published by Ilga-Europe, a pressure group in Brussels.

The NGO ranks countries on the basis of...

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