A court in the second largest city in Moldova has struck down a local ban on what authorities had referred to as “homosexual propaganda”.
The Balti Court of Appeals gave its verdict on the case on 28 February, which was that the ban approved last year by the city council was unconstitutional. It also ruled that the ban violated human rights, reports RFERL.
The court also went on to criticise another decision which proclaimed that Balti was “a zone of enhanced support for the Orthodox Church.”
Both bans were issued following church-led protests after Moldova adopted the EU-backed anti discrimination bill, which offered some protection against LGBT people.
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