Moldova: Banning LGBTI demonstrations creates a dangerous climate

Headline Title: Moldova: Banning LGBTI demonstrations creates a dangerous climate 02 March 2012 The Moldovan government should reverse a move by four local councils effectively to ban outright demonstrations by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, Amnesty International said. In the course of the past two weeks local councils in the city of Bălţi, the villages of Chetriş, and Hiliuţi in Făleşti District and the Anenii Noi District adopted discriminatory measures to forbid any kind of promotion of LGBTI. The Bălţi City Council proclaimed exclusive support…

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