Rainbow Flag Burned in Public in Montenegro

The rainbow flag which was set on the mast of the building in which the headquarters of the Protector of the Human Rights and Freedoms are situated was set on fire by unknown perpetrators.

The rainbow flag which represents the official and universal mark of the LGBT community and of all of the LGBT movements in the world, which was set on the mast of the building in which the headquarters of the Protector of the Human Rights and Freedoms are situated, was set on fire by, at this moment, unknown perpetrators.

 

Last week, during the official reception of the executive director of the LGBT Forum Progress, Zdravko Cimbaljevic  at the offices Ombudsman Sucko Bakovic and his deputy Marijana Lakovic, an initiative of the LGBT Forum Progress was accepted, that “the rainbow flag would be put on the official building so it would represent a way of support of this institution to the celebrating of the Pride Month”.

Setting the flag on fire represents another manifestation of hatred and intolerance towards the LGBT persons and community. This act is additionally worrying, from the aspect of overall security, considering the fact that the setting of the flag has been publicly announced  and executed as a part of the beginning of the preparation for the holding of the first Pride Parade.

 

LGBT Forum Progress demands that the Police Directorate identifies and persecutes the persons responsible for this inappropriate act.

Identifying of the perpetrators will confirm the existing of the professional will and the real image of the capacities of the Montenegrin police.

 

The attitude of the state towards this incident is the indicator of the overall relations and of the treatment of the LGBT community in Montenegro.

 

To contact:
LGBT Forum Progres 

E-mail: info@lgbtprogres.me

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