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The Homosexual Integration and Liberation Movement (Movilh) and the Fundación Iguales interposed separate protection appeals against the UDI, for alleged incitement to hatred in its Rejection strip, when considering discriminatory the allusions of the evangelical foundation El Samaritano to the LGBTI community.
The actions presented before the Court of Appeals question that, in the portion that the unionism ceded to the religious group, the narration says that “the Evangelical Church has always been to the aid of those most in need, but today it is in danger “, just at the moment when the flag that represents sexual diversity appears, followed by images of excesses.
The fragment questioned by Iguales and Movilh. (Source: CNTV)
“The rainbow flag represents the human rights of LGBTI people. By linking it to dangers and the destruction of the country or institutions, we are in the presence of open incitement to hatred“, remarked the leader of Movilh, Oscar Rementería, adding that “we regret the lack of supervision of the National Television Council, whose duty is to ensure compliance with the law and its own guidelines.”
In addition to the protection appeal, Rementería announced that his NGO will also present “an action before the Comptroller’s Office to audit whether the CNTV has fulfilled its functions, because he rejected that he had to have something to do with it, in a letter addressed to our organization “.
The activist argued that the Council has as a reference for instances such as the strip the guide “Recommendations for the media treatment of sexual orientation and gender identity” that he elaborated together with Movilh, in addition to the reform of the Law that creates the CNTV , which “explicitly incorporated sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories of discrimination.”
