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7,000-strong LGBTQ+ rally calls for tougher hate crime laws

An estimated 7,000 people attended the Kyiv Pride Equality March on Sept. 19 in central Kyiv.  LGBTQ+ community activists and allies called for more robust protection of LGBTQ+ rights in Ukraine.

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From the archives: Silencing Speech

President Viktor Yanukovych takes aim at independent journalism by redefining and criminalizing libel. Interview with Arseniy Yatseniuk. Expensive parliamentary elections on Oct. 28, 2012,

Read the Sept. 21, 2012 edition