(en) Brazil, Colectivo Mineiro Populat Anarquista COMPA - March of Occupations Leon Rose, Hope, Victory, William Rose and Kaiow? to the Court of MG on 24/04/2014 (pt)

Retrieved from: http://ocupacaoguaranikaiowa.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/725/ ---- The Court 
of Minas Gerais (Nbr) determined in recent weeks, unjust, immoral and unconstitutional, 
the eviction of over 12,500 families currently living in occupations Victoria, Leon Rose, 
Hope, Kaiow? and William Rose. Such an act is an affront to the social right to housing 
those families seeking only the execution of an essential human right. tolerate no unjust 
judicial decisions that prioritize speculation over the right of thousands of families to 
have a home. We do not accept court decisions that disregard human rights, social rights, 
the right to the city. The right to property is conditioned by the social function of the 
same according to the Brazilian Constitution, so it is not an absolute right, as the
judges want these processes repossession.

In this sense, we condemn the unjust votes cast by the following judges: Siqueira Amorim, 
Pedro Bernardes, Luiz Artur Hilary, and Selma Marques Luiz Carlos Gomes da Mata. We can 
not guarantee social peace, purpose so expensive in the official discourse of the 
judiciary, with the determination of the evictions of thousands of families, with no
indication of any alternative adequate housing for them, as decided by the judges cited. 
These decisions, instead of pacifying, only deepened the serious social conflict, 
endangering the lives and dignity of what remains of thousands of citizens.

President Dilma Rousseff received the leaders of the day 07/04/2014 occupations and 
signaled participation the Federal Government in the negotiations. The state government 
maintains Trading Desk open in search of a just and peaceful solution for over three
months and the respective municipalities also participate in this. It's time the Court of 
Minas Gerais face social conflicts as a social issue and take in a gesture sensitivity of 
their participation in the negotiations, suspending repossessions. It is through 
democratic dialogue, conflict mediation and guarantee of social rights which produces true 
justice and guarantee social peace in this country.

Therefore on April 24, 2014 the people of the five Occupations Hope, Leon Rose, Victory in 
Belo Horizonte, MG, and William Rose and Guarani Kaiowa, Count, MG, marching, two distinct 
points of the city for more than 10 km, until TJMG in order to require the President of 
the Court, Mr. Joaquim Rodrigues Herculaneum:

1) immediate suspension of all orders for repossession Kaiowa Guarani communities, Hope, 
Leon Rose, Victoria and William Rose.

2) Establishment of a process of Reconciliation in 2nd Instance, under the coordination of 
the President TJMG, seeking social peace and eliminating the risk of violence.

3) Participation in TJMG for Negotiation ongoing with Federal, State, Municipal, Public 
Prosecutor, Public Defender, Military Police, representatives of communities under threat 
of eviction and . with Social Movements accompanying these communities Belo Horizonte, 
April 24, 2014 Signed this Public Rating:

Occupations Leon Rose, Hope, Victory, Kaiow? and Wiliam Rose
Popular Brigades - Minas Gerais
Pastoral Land Commission (CPT-MG)
Fighting Movement in Neighborhoods, Villages and Slums (MLB)
Popular Struggle / CSP / Conlutas and MLPM
Front and Earth Autonomy - FTA Contact for further information: With Pollyanna (cel. 31 
9523 0701), with Lacerda (cel.: 31 9708 4830), with Rafael Bittencourt (cel.: 31 8812 
0110); or Charlene (cel. 31 8500 3489); or Edna (cel.: 31 9946 2317); or Elielma (cel.: 31 
9343 9696). More information also on the blogs of Occupations, below:

www.ocupacaorosaleao.blogspot.com.br
www.ocupacaoesperanca.blogspot.com.br
www.ocupacaovitoria.blogspot.com.br
www.ocupacaowilliamrosa.blogspot.com.br
http://ocupacaoguaranikaiowa.wordpress.com/

US: State Votes a Global Victory for Gay Rights

Marriage Equality Ballots Succeed in Three States


(New York) – The successful ballot initiatives on same-sex marriage in Maine, Maryland, and Washington State on November 6, 2012, were major victories for gay rights both in the United States and globally.

Voters arrive to cast their votes during the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in Washington on November 6, 2012.

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The three state referendums endorsing marriage equality are groundbreaking because nowhere else in the world has same-sex marriage been won by a popular vote. All other marriage-equality measures in the US and elsewhere have been made by legislators or courts.
Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program


“The three state referendums endorsing marriage equality are groundbreaking because nowhere else in the world has same-sex marriage been won by a popular vote,” said Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. “All other marriage-equality measures in the US and elsewhere have been made by legislators or courts.”

In Maryland, voters upheld a law legalizing same-sex marriage that was passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. This means that, most likely beginning January 1, 2013, same-sex couples will be able to get married in the state.

In Washington State, the legislature had approved same-sex marriage, but opponents gathered enough signatures to force a referendum in an effort to ban it. The referendum vote means that civil marriage will be opened for same-sex couples.

In Maine, gay rights activists had lost a vote on same-sex marriage in 2009, but put the issue on the ballot again. This year they were successful.

Additionally, voters in Minnesota turned back an effort to restrict gay rights.  They rejected a proposed marriage equality ban by voting “no” in a referendum seeking to amend the state constitution to restrict marriage to a man and a woman.

The election results in Maine, Washington, and Maryland reversed a trend, Human Rights Watch said. Previously, whenever same-sex marriage had been put before voters in US states, it had lost. In 30 states voters have limited marriage to a man and a woman through constitutional amendments, and same-sex marriage had also been blocked in referendums, as it was in California in 2008.

Same-sex marriage will now be legal in nine US states. The others are Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as Washington, DC.  However, under the Defense of Marriage Act,  the US government denies recognition of same-sex marriages and federal benefits that are conferred upon married couples.

Outside the US, same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Mexico (where same-sex marriages are allowed in the capital city, but are recognized nationwide). In Spain the Constitution Court decided on November 6, 2012, that the same-sex marriage bill, implemented in 2005, is constitutional.  In Brazil, the Superior Justice Court set an important precedent in October 2011 by interpreting the Brazilian civil code as allowing same-sex marriages.

Marriage equality laws are expected to be adopted soon in France, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.

“Marriage equality is unstoppable,” Dittrich said. “The votes in these US states should galvanize initiatives around the world.”

Bron : Human Rights Watch