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After the European Court of Human Rights told all Council of Europe member states to grant same-sex couples equal rights, a couple in Moldova are taking their demand for recognition to the Moldovan courts.
The Moldovan Orthodox Church, which is subordinate to the Russian church, urged the government not to recognise same-sex partnerships or adopt legislation to protect LGBT couples’ rights in line with a European Court ruling.
When recently enlisted army conscript Marin Pavlescu borrowed a superior officer’s phone to call his boyfriend one day last spring, he had no idea that their conversation had been recorded. When this recording was then shared with other officers and soldiers – without his consent - he was met with an influx of abuse and harassment. The case sparked a wider debate about desertion and discrimination against the LGBT community in the army and across Moldova.