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UN chastises Finland for rejecting asylum request from lesbian couple’s child fleeing Russia
Finland claimed bullying, threats, and physical violence against child and his family did not amount to persecution.
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A United Nations committee has chastised Finland for rejecting an asylum application from a child of a lesbian couple who was subjected to harassment, bullying, and even physical violence in his native Russia.
The child in question, known as “A.B.,” now 11 years old, fled from Russia to Finland in 2015 after the family faced threats and he began to be bullied at school. At the time, Russia had recently adopted legislation preventing the promotion of “non-traditional sexual relationships” meaning any statement that casts LGBTQ status in a positive or neutral light as part of its “anti-propaganda” law.
Dec 28, 2020 rome bureau chief
Not only were many situations in Latin America not put on pause by COVID-19 during 2020, they were actually exacerbated by the virus.
[Editor’s note: This is part one of two-part series.]
ROSARIO, Argentina Even though 2020 will be remembered by many as the year in which the world stood still trying to face a tiny and invisible new challenge, the truth is the earth did not stop spinning on its axis. Not only were many situations not put on pause by COVID-19, but they were actually exacerbated by the virus.
The list of stories unrelated to the coronavirus for the Catholic Church in Latin America over the past year is long, but here’s a “top four” rundown of major issues for which 2020 was an inflection point, even if they’ll still be relevant in years to come.