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Fear, isolation and discrimination common in Europe’s LGBT community

The EU’s largest LGBT hate crime and discrimination online survey ever conducted shows that many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people cannot be themselves in their daily lives. Many hide their identity and live in isolation or even fear.
Refugee organizations: Estonia needs independent border monitoring

Organizations dealing with the issues of asylum seekers and refugees in Estonia are calling for the state to allow independent observers to Estonian borders, since they find that the low number of asylum seekers in Estonia might be caused by Police and Border Guard Board’s officials not giving persons the opportunity to ask for asylum on the border.
New projects in EHRC

Two new co-operation projects started in April: "Equal treatment network" in co-operation with Estonian Women’s Roundtable, Estonian Chamber of Disabled Persons, Estonian LGBT Union, Estonian National Youth Council, Tallinn Human Rights Information Centre and "Enhancing advocacy work in the area of asylum- and refugee policy" in co-operation with Estonian Refugee Council.

Annual Report Human Rights in Estonia
Counseling Free equal treatment counseling and refugee law clinic
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