Rights
Moldova rights group says gay man committed suicide after police threat
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December 13, 2010CHISINAU -- A gay rights group in Moldova says a young homosexual man committed suicide last week after being intimidated and humiliated by police officers in Chisinau, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. But police have denied the claim of intimidation...
GONGOs returning in force in Russia today
August 05, 2010By Paul Goble GONGOs – “government organized non-governmental organizations” – are increasingly being used by the powers that be in Russia to elbow aside genuine NGOs just as they did in the late Soviet period, thus contributing...
Council of Europe's information bureau holds charity action in Chisinau
July 21, 2010An unusual charity action for children takes place today at the Chisinau-based Information Bureau of the Council of Europe. The action fits within the European values promoting campaign "Europe is more than you think". The head of the bureau...
Moldovan children launch first report on observance of their rights
August 12, 2008The situation of children’s rights in Moldova has improved, but not well enough. This is one of the conclusions contained in the first report launched by Moldovan children on August 12. According to the report “Life in the Child&rsquo...
Romani women face double discrimination
December 06, 2007Romani women in Macedonia face gender and ethnic discrimination due to the government's failure to uphold their rights, Amnesty International says. "This long-recognized double discrimination is widespread, routine and pervasive. Romani women...
- October 02, 2007
Hundreds of women demonstrated Monday in the second-largest city in Zimbabwe, a human rights group said. Bulawayo residents were joined by others from the capital, Harare, and other cities, Women of Zimbabwe Arise said. They marched from St. Mary...
CoE Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Moldova
May 07, 2007The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg will visit Moldova on a contact mission on 8-9 May. The Commissioner will meet the highest authorities, in particular the Chairman of the Parliament Marian Lupu, the Minister of...
Russian parliament fails to ratify amendments to human rights court
December 20, 2006Moscow (dpa) - Russia's lower house of parliament refused Wednesday to ratify a protocol aimed at streamlining the European Court of Human Rights, which all other European Council member-states have ratified. The protocol provided for amendments including...