You are cordially invited to our virtual roundtable on anti-LGBTI+ human rights abuses in Chechnya. This roundtable will focus on what responses can be given to the situation of LGBTI+ persons in Chechnya, following the making of the documentary "WELCOME TO CHECHNYA: The Gay Purge", BAFTA winner for the International category.
The event is the result of a collaboration between the LGBTI Intergroup at the European Parliament, the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights and the USA Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus.
It will feature Parliamentarians and Maxim Lapunov, survivor of anti-LGBTI human rights abuses in Chechnya.
When: Tuesday, 15 June 2021 - 5pm GMT
Where: Online – streamed live onto the Facebook event (https://www.facebook.com/events/996003321144151)
1. Opening remarks: APPG on Global LGBT+ Rights Deputy Chair, Baroness Barker
2. Introduction and screening of film clip
3. Brief pre-recorded testimony from Maxim Lapunov, survivor
4. Panel
Crispin Blunt MP, Chair, UK Parliament’s All Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights
MEP Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Vice President, European Parliament LGBTI Intergroup
Rep. Mark Takano, Co-Chair, U.S. Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus
4. Questions from moderator & participants
5. Closing remarks by Baroness Barker