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Moldova Moldova: Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Demonstration Respect Domestic and European Law City authorities in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, should stop interfering with lesbian and gay rights demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said today. In a letter to Moldova’s president, Human Rights Watch stated that both European and domestic laws guarantee freedom of assembly and freedom from discrimination for all. May 7, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Moldova: Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Demonstration, Respect Domestic and European Law I write to protest the decision by Chisinau city authorities to refuse permission, for the third year in a row, for a peaceful demonstration by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Moldova. The Information Centre GenderDoc-M, an organization dedicated to the human rights of LGBT people in Moldova, planned such a demonstration for April 27 to support the adoption of legislation barring discrimination of minorities, including discrimination based on sexual orientation. The demonstration was to be part of the “All Different, All Equal Campaign” of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, in celebration of diversity and tolerance. May 7, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Moldova: Reverse Ban on Lesbian and Gay Rights Demonstration, End Discrimination Human Rights Watch writes in protest against your decision to refuse permission, for a second year in a row, for a peaceful demonstration by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Moldova. May 19, 2006 Letter Printer friendly version Moldova: Reverse Ban on Gay Rights Demonstration The mayor of Chisinau, Moldova must affirm human rights by overturning his ban on a lesbian and gay-rights demonstration, Human Rights Watch said today. May 19, 2006 Press Release Printer friendly version Moldova: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers It is not known if there are any under-18s in government armed forces due to lack of information on voluntary recruitment age. There are no reports of child participation in the conflict over the breakaway republic of Trans-Dnestr. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report Moldova: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Moldova signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997. Government officials had said that the treaty would not be ratified until the issues related to the status of the Pridnestrovie Moldavian Republic (PMR) are resolved,88 and Russian troops withdrawn from its territory.89 (For background on Moldova and PMR, see LM Report 1999, pp. 743-744.) However, on 27 April 2000, the Moldovan Parliament ratified the Mine Ban Treaty.90 The President signed the law on 14 June 2000. According to an official of the Foreign Ministry, the instrument of ratification will be sent to the United Nations in September 2000. August 1, 2000 Multi Country Report Human Rights in Moldova: The Turbulent Dniester This report covers a broad spectrum of human rights abuses that occurred in the region of the Dniester River in Moldova. The most egregious are those committed in connection with the armed conflict that erupted in the first half of 1992, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian structures and extrajudicial killings. It also documents violations of civil and political rights that were partially caused and later exacerbated by the armed conflict. These include discriminatory dismissals from the workplace and ethnically motivated assaults. HRW Index No.: ISBN 1-56432-089-8 February 1, 1993 Report
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