The annual gay pride event was to take place in September in Belgrade. President Aleksandar Vucic said the timing was bad, citing “numerous problems” currently affecting the country.
Tag: Civil Rights and Liberties
What I’m reading
The seismic shifts of the 1960s are still reverberating in the Democratic Party.
In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political Third Rail
Other countries changed course after massacres. But American political protection for guns is unique, and has become inseparable from conservative credentials.
In El Salvador, the President Cracks Down on Civil Liberties
Much of the country’s population is willing to tolerate an autocratic leader, if it means that someone will finally solve their most pressing problem: gang violence.
A.C.L.U. Lawsuit Accuses ICE Jailers of Denying Detainees Vaccines
One of the plaintiffs is Anna Sorokin, a Russian immigrant who for several years presented herself as a German heiress named Anna Delvey. She received a booster shot on Thursday, two days after the suit was filed.
Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
Beijing argues that its system represents a distinctive form of democracy, one that has dealt better than the West with challenges like the pandemic.
Josephine Baker Inducted Into French Panthéon
President Emmanuel Macron hailed the American-born dancer and French resistance fighter as a symbol of unity in a time of sharp division.
Poland’s Attacks on Rule of Law Leave Europe at Odds With Itself
E.U. leaders are facing an increasingly urgent question: What to do with a member that repeatedly violates a core principle, but refuses to leave the club?
Texas Ban on School Mask Mandates May Be Illegal, Justice Dept. Says
The Department of Justice filed a court brief saying that the ban runs afoul of federal law if, as parents claim, it is preventing their disabled children from safely attending public schools.
Vatican Expresses Deep Reservations Over Gay Rights Bill in Italy
The move prompted cries of political meddling from liberal politicians and gestures of gratitude from conservatives. A church historian called it “an unprecedented act.”