The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Moldova violated the right to freedom of assembly and the prohibition of discrimination when a demonstration for LGBT people’s rights was banned in 2005. “We are very satisfied with this court ruling. It is a historic moment for the work for equal rights in Moldova”, said Åsa Bergqvist, Programme Officer at Civil Rights Defenders.
Eight years ago Anastasia Danilova moved from Russia to Moldova to be with her girlfriend. Today, as the Executive Director of GENDERDOC-M, she uses her personal experience of being discriminated in the work for human rights. “I am ready to stand up for anybody’s rights, even of those who fight us, like religious minorities. I believe in justice, and equality is a prerequisite for justice.”
A court in Chisinau has convicted a website for hate speech against LGBT people. The case is an important step forward in the work for equal rights in Moldova, and demonstrates that incitement to discrimination and violence will not be tolerated.
Homosexuals harassed and blackmailed; more than half of Moldova’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals do not tell their family about their sexual orientation, according to a study conducted by our partner GenderDoc-M. This and more in Civil Rights Defenders latest newsletter issue.
Natasha Jevtic Esbjörnson
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His burnt body was returned to the family in a plastic bag. The European Court has found Russia responsible for human rights violations in the North Caucasus, in more than one hundred cases, as a result of our work.
(Photo: Joanna Kurosz)
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