Equality will take the neo-Nazi march in Chueca against the LGTBIQ + collective to the Prosecutor's Office
La Madrid Tax Office has opened an investigation for hate crime around the demonstration neo-Nazi from last saturday in Chueca. Bill Public ministry has decided to open proceedings and request information from both the National Police as the Government Delegation about this ultra concentration in which homophobic screams and chants were heard. The protesters carried banners with Nazi symbols and showed their rejection not only of the collective LGTBIQ +, but also unaccompanied minors or immigrants
Dozens of people exhibiting far-right symbols and banners gathered last Saturday in the Madrid neighborhood of Chueca to protest, they said, against the «2030/2050 agendas»Of the central executive. Throughout the march, the protesters rebuked several neighbors and yelled openly homophobic shouts and chants such as «out of our neighborhoods" Y "out of the neighborhoods of Madrid«. They also exhibited various far-right symbols and banners with messages about the safety of the city.
In a statement the Prosecution He explains that he has opened criminal proceedings for a possible hate crime for this type of homophobic chant. It ensures that «It has already officiated reports to the Provincial Information Brigade and the Government Delegation to collect information on whether what happened during the march called by the Madrid Seguro group to protest against "2030/2050 agendas" constitutes a hate crime«.
We will inform the Prosecutor's Office of the lgtbiphobic and racist hatred of today's Nazi demonstration in Chueca.
We are also urgently processing the Trans Law and LGTBI rights, which is what allows us to protect rights.
LGTBI people and groups, you are not alone.
- Irene Montero (@IreneMontero) September 18, 2021
LGTBIphobia in Chueca
This morning Ministry of Equality and the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 have made known to the Prosecution the facts, as announced by the minister Irene Montero Saturday. The letter assures that although the call for the march "it was not expressly directed against discriminated groups", In its course"Offensive proclamations were made against the LGTBI collective, foreigners and people with HIV"So that these ideas"promotion of discrimination became the main object" Of the same.
The delegate of Government in Madrid, Mercedes González, has asked the group for forgiveness this Monday LGTBIQ + for the insults and threats made by some of the attendees of the demonstration and has expressed solidarity with the groups of Madrid "for having lived in its streets what they have had to live”. However, he has insisted that the right to demonstrate “before purchasing,". "Another thing is that we disapprove of these demonstrations, but unfortunately the Government delegate cannot prohibit demonstrations because she does not share the object”, He added.
