Serbia
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11 January 2013Serbia: Court makes landmark ruling against homophobic discrimination 8 A court in a city in northern Serbia set a legal precedent when it fined a man for discriminating against a work colleague because he was gay. -
4 October 2012Pressure builds on Serbia over gay pride ban 9 The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged the authorities in Serbia to reconsider a ban on this weekend’s gay pride march in Belgrade. -
3 October 2012Serbia bans gay pride parade, again 8 The Serbian interior ministry has banned a gay pride parade from taking place in the country’s capital Belgrade for the second year running after ultra-nationalists threatened the march and the Serbian Orthodox Church condemned it. -
2 April 2012Potential new EU member states told to improve gay and trans laws 13 Last week, the European Parliament adopted its annual enlargement progress reports for Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. -
27 March 2012Serbia: Far-right leader jailed for homophobic death-threats 10 A far-right Serbian leader, whose death-threats against homosexuals led to the cancellation of gay pride march in Belgrade three years ago, has been convicted and sentenced to 10 months in prison.
