Ukraine’s attempt to ignore homophobic discrimination outrageous

Headline Title: Ukraine’s attempt to ignore homophobic discrimination outrageous 06 September 2013 Ukraine’s bid to persuade the European Commission to release the country from its commitment to legislate against homophobia is an unacceptable attempt to deny equal rights in the country, Amnesty International said today.“Ukraine cannot pick and choose which citizens should be protected from discrimination. Instead it must honour its commitment to develop a legal framework to combat homophobia and the EU must hold it to that commitment at every opportunity,” said Denis Krivosheev, Europe…

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