http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/moldova-votes-to-legalize-chemical-castration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/moldova-votes-to-legalize-chemical-castration/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:05:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127733 AP: . . . after lawmakers said the impoverished nation was attracting pedophiles from the West. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/moldova-votes-to-legalize-chemical-castration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/a-closer-look-at-reproductive-rights-in-moldova/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/a-closer-look-at-reproductive-rights-in-moldova/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:16:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74637 Center for Reproductive Rights: "On September 23, 2010, the Center co-hosted a roundtable discussion with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Institute for Human Rights (IDOM) in Chisinau, Moldova on Reproductive Rights: Opportunities and Constraints in the Republic of Moldova. The roundtable included discussion on Moldova’s international human rights commitments and gaps in its compliance. It highlighted issues such as maternal mortality, family planning, abortion, and introducing mandatory sexuality education in schools." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/01/a-closer-look-at-reproductive-rights-in-moldova/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/22/moldova-govt-to-withdraw-bill-protecting-sexual-minorities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/22/moldova-govt-to-withdraw-bill-protecting-sexual-minorities/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:26:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73335 Actualitate [modified Google translation from Romanian]: "The government today approved a draft decision on the withdrawal of the . . . bill that would provide protection [of] sexual minorities in Moldova." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/22/moldova-govt-to-withdraw-bill-protecting-sexual-minorities/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/moldovan-high-court-throws-out-orthodoxy-referendum/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/moldovan-high-court-throws-out-orthodoxy-referendum/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:54:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/moldovan-high-court-throws-out-orthodoxy-referendum/ Radio Free Europe: "Moldova's Supreme Court has rejected a proposal by former Defense Minister Valeriu Pasat to hold a nationwide referendum on making the study of Orthodox Christianity compulsory in schools, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/08/moldovan-high-court-throws-out-orthodoxy-referendum/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/eastern-europe-scores-badly-on-gay-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/eastern-europe-scores-badly-on-gay-rights/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 22:16:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60951 EU Observer: "A fresh survey by the International Lesbian and Gay Association has said that the predominantly Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries of eastern Europe have the worst track record on gay rights. Ukraine and Russia scored the lowest on the ILGA index, closely followed by Belarus, Moldova and Turkey. In the EU, Cyprus, Latvia and Poland are the least progressive. Belarus police on Saturday (15 May) cemented the country's reputation by violently breaking-up a small, 20-person-strong Slavic Pride march." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/eastern-europe-scores-badly-on-gay-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/13/libya-thailand-elected-to-human-rights-council/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/13/libya-thailand-elected-to-human-rights-council/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 22:00:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60704 ABC: "Libya and Thailand are among 14 countries elected as new members of the UN Human Rights Council in a vote that rights advocates have criticised as stripping the meaning from the body. Angola, Mauritania, Uganda, Maldives, Malaysia, Qatar, Moldova, Poland, Ecuador, Guatemala, Spain and Switzerland have also been elected by the General Assembly for three-year terms on the 47-nation council, which is based in Geneva." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/13/libya-thailand-elected-to-human-rights-council/feed/ 0