Situation of LGBTI people in Poland to be worst in whole EU
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For the second year in a row, Poland ranks last in the European Union in terms of the treatment of LGBTI people, according to the Rainbow Europe 2021 ranking by ILGA-Europe. Malta is the friendliest country in Europe for the LGBTI community.
Poland scored only 13 percent of possible points in this year's Rainbow Europe index, which gives it the weakest position in the European Union. For the second time in a row, our country took its worst place in the history of the ranking.
Why such a low rating? ILGA-Europe accused Poland of lacking space for LGBTI people in civil society, which is manifested, inter alia, in by police attacks on activists at public events instead of protecting them.
Attention was also paid to the restriction of the freedom of speech, which, according to the authors, is an inevitable consequence of adopting resolutions against LGBTI by some local governments.
For the sixth year in a row, Malta became the leader of the ranking (94 percent), and Belgium (74 percent) took second place for the fourth year in a row. Third place – for the third year in a row – belongs to Luxembourg (72 percent).
Armenia (8 percent), Turkey (4 percent), and Azerbaijan (2 percent) were the worst performers. The last three are exactly the same as last year.
