Two young men suffer homophobic aggression in Pamplona

Two young people have suffered a homophobic attack in Pamplona this Friday morning. The Government of Navarre and the City Council of Pamplona/Iruña have condemned the attack and stressed their commitment to fight A0LGBT phobia.

According to Navarre media, the Municipal Police have arrested a man accused of wounding and hate crimes and are continuing to investigate what happened.

The Government of Navarrehas "roundly" rejected the attack and has shown its "solidarity and support" to the victims, while at the same time wishing them "a speedy recovery" and reiterating its total rejection of any expression of violence, discrimination or intolerance on the grounds of sexual orientation, sexual identity or gender expression.

At the same time, it expresses its commitment to continue to promote public policies that ensure real and effective equality of LGBT+ people, strengthening prevention, comprehensive care and response to violence and hate crime.

The Foral Government believes that the foral plan for the equality of LGTBI+ people is "a strategic tool for advancing the prevention of LGBT phobia, the protection of rights and the construction of a freer, safer and more inclusive society" and has called on citizens to "take an active attitude to hatred and discrimination".

"In the face of hatred, equality, in the face of violence, coexistence, in the face of discrimination, rights and freedom," he concluded.

Pamplona City Council Spokespersons Board Denounces Homophobic Aggression

In the face of the homophobic attack suffered by two young people in the early morning hours of 6 November, all the political groups of the City of Pamplona/Iruña, through the Board of Spokespersons, have expressed their absolute revulsion and outrage at the attack and their condemnation and solidarity with the two young people who have been attacked.

They reiterate their rejection of any Lgtbiphobic aggression in our city and pledge to eliminate them, improve security and ensure the sexual and gender freedom of all people in all kinds of environments.

In the same vein, they call on the public to be active in the face of any violence against sexual and gender freedom and recall that everyone has the right to decide on their relationships, their body and their sexuality.