Hate crimes and violence against LGBTIQ people are on the rise, and the duty and obligation of politicians, the Government and those in positions is to ensure safety, protection and an effective response to violence directed at LGBTIQ people in the country, as well as all other victims of violence.
This was announced by the non-governmental organization LGBT Forum Progress and LGBTIQ Social Center, which today celebrate the European Day of Victims of Crime, a date established in 1990 in Stockholm, with the aim of raising awareness and memory of victims of crime in Europe.
In the announcement, they point out that every year 15 percent of Europeans or 120 million people from the territory of the Council of Europe countries are victims of serious crimes.
Over 35 percent of women globally, they add, have experienced physical or sexual violence during their lifetime.
As they state, for other marginalized communities, such as LGBTIQ persons, both in Montenegro and globally, the experience of violence is part of everyday life and represents a challenge and a real risk.
"At the very end, we send a message of support to all people who have experienced violence, especially the LGBTIQ community, with a reminder that the non-governmental organizations LGBT Forum Progres and the LGBTIQ Social Center continuously provide psychosocial and legal support services, which are available to the LGBTIQ community at all times," it states. in their statement.
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