Comments on: New Report Says Millions of LGBT Discriminated Against in Europe http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/10/21/new-report-says-millions-of-lgbt-discriminated-in-europe-by-avathar-st-vincent-fighting-discrimination-program/ Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. Fri, 24 May 2013 21:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eslaporte http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/10/21/new-report-says-millions-of-lgbt-discriminated-in-europe-by-avathar-st-vincent-fighting-discrimination-program/#comment-43608 eslaporte Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:58:20 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=15280#comment-43608 This could be another side effect of the growing nationalism, that is more visible - and accepted - when directed against Muslims and mosques. The same anti-Muslim nationalists are also contributing to the rise of other kinds of bigotry against Jews and Roma people. Right-wing extremism and nationalism is a big problem in Europe now, and European institutions like the CoE appear to be incapable of getting a handle on this problem. This could be another side effect of the growing nationalism, that is more visible – and accepted – when directed against Muslims and mosques.
The same anti-Muslim nationalists are also contributing to the rise of other kinds of bigotry against Jews and Roma people.

Right-wing extremism and nationalism is a big problem in Europe now, and European institutions like the CoE appear to be incapable of getting a handle on this problem.

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