Germany criticizes Pride Parade ban

German Foreign Ministry has stated that Germany is not understanding about the Serbian authorities’ decision to ban the gay Pride Parade.

Izvor: Beta

Friday, 05.10.2012.

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BELGRADE German Foreign Ministry has stated that Germany is not understanding about the Serbian authorities’ decision to ban the gay Pride Parade. “We received the news of the sudden cancellation of the Pride Parade that was planned for this Saturday in Belgrade with great concern. We are not sympathetic to the fact that the Serbian authorities are not capable of ensuring safety for the Pride Parade participants again this year,” the German ministry stressed. Germany criticizes Pride Parade ban The release that was submitted to Beta news agency by the German Embassy urges the Serbian government to “take all necessary steps to implement constitutional freedoms and minority rights, especially freedom of thought and right to assembly”. “Protection of citizens from discrimination based on their sexual orientation is an obligation that for Serbia, a member of the Council of Europe, stems among other things from the European Convention on Human Rights. We therefore call on the Serbian government to penalize violence and threats against representatives of the LGBT population and their manifestations and hold instigators responsible,” reads the statement. The release adds that German Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Southeast Europe Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorff invited the Serbian ambassador in Berlin on Friday to a meeting in order to inform him about “Germany’s concern and expectations”. Serbia’s Interior Ministry banned the Pride Parade and all public gatherings in Belgrade on Saturday for security reasons. Beta

Germany criticizes Pride Parade ban

The release that was submitted to Beta news agency by the German Embassy urges the Serbian government to “take all necessary steps to implement constitutional freedoms and minority rights, especially freedom of thought and right to assembly”.

“Protection of citizens from discrimination based on their sexual orientation is an obligation that for Serbia, a member of the Council of Europe, stems among other things from the European Convention on Human Rights. We therefore call on the Serbian government to penalize violence and threats against representatives of the LGBT population and their manifestations and hold instigators responsible,” reads the statement.

The release adds that German Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Southeast Europe Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorff invited the Serbian ambassador in Berlin on Friday to a meeting in order to inform him about “Germany’s concern and expectations”.

Serbia’s Interior Ministry banned the Pride Parade and all public gatherings in Belgrade on Saturday for security reasons.

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