On June 1, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned authorities for failing to prosecute those involved in an anti-LGBTQ+ attack in Romania in 2013.
According to Euractiv, the attack occurred at a cinema screening of LGBTQ+ film The Kids Are All Right, organised by advocacy group ACCEPT.
However, a group of 50 people disrupted the event, shouting homophobic slurs and displaying flags associated with the far-right Noua Dreapta movement.Although multiple attendees filed complaints against the perpetrators, no one has ever been prosecuted.
Now, the ECHR has criticised authorities for failing to “offer adequate protection” and for not sufficiently investigating “the real nature of the homophobic abuse directed against them.” The.