The heads of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and the European branch of the International Lesbian and Gay Association wrote Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko and other officials March 20 demanding that the public prosecutor in Kiev drop criminal charges against the newspaper published by the gay community center Nash Mir.
The center is charged with distribution of pornography in violation of Article 301 of the Criminal Code.
”The government should ensure that notions such as public morality are not employed to restrict in a discriminatory manner, any exercise of freedom of opinion and expression that affirms diverse sexual orientations or gender identities,” said IGLHRC’s Paula Ettelbrick and ILGA’s Patricia Prendiville.
They said the case also violates the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, to which Ukraine is a signatory.
Uppdaterad 2021-05-17
