The Public Defender stated his position in the Parliament today regarding the march of honor:
”The Public Defender has been talking about this for years, practically, since 2012-13, when violent acts took place against those who took to the streets because of equality issues and wanted to express their opinion.
In recent years, the LGBT community and its supporters have been hindered from exercising their constitutional right to their freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration, and I think the Home Office needs to provide information on what has done to ensure that, when the danger is still persistent, how did they address these dangers
Especially since the threats have been announced in advance and in this case, it is more realistic to take preventive measures, so we expect the law enforcement agencies to protect our citizens’ freedom of expression through prevention.”
