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22/11/2010

About 10 men in masks tried to attack the participants of the discussion on hate crimes, but were rebuffed.

Press release from NGO Insight

In Kyiv, Ukraine, on 20th of November 2010, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance of those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred, unknown persons attacked the peaceful gathering organized by NGO "Insight" and Visual Culture Center - "Response to violence against transgender people". The organizers planned the film screening, discussion and flash-mob with paper lanterns.

28/04/2010

Ensuring freedom of assembly for LGBT people in Moldova and Ukraine

This May lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) organisations in Moldova and Ukraine are planning to hold public events. Today the court in the Moldovan capital of Chişinău ruled that the planned peaceful demonstration supporting adoption of anti-discrimination law can only take place in a park far from the city centre.

25/01/2010

AUCCRO Calls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and PACE Delegation to Object to Legalization of Same-Sex Partnerships in Europe

KYIV — The head of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO), the person in charge of external relations of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, Bishop Markiian Trofymiak, on January 21, 2010, forwarded an address to the Ukrainian authorities with a request to take into account the position of the Ukrainian public, including the churches and religious organizations, which strongly objects the support by Ukraine at the international level and introduction in our country of any initiatives aimed at propagating homosexuality and attempts to legalize same sex relations, reports the Institute of Religious Freedom. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web site posted this story on January 21, 2010.

Report and monitor hate crime - submissions to European and international institutions

Reporting and monitoring are crucial to raise awareness within national and European institutions, among law enforcement officers and the public. Hence, developing a reporting and monitoring strategy is a prerequisite for an efficient advocacy to call on policy makers to adopt laws and implement policies against violence.

Reporting the Situation of LGBT people in Ukraine

by Nash Mir (Our World) Gay and LesbianCenter (Ukraine)



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