Moldova ‘gay bashing’ victim granted EU asylum after police brutality
A British judge has documented evidence of police beatings and general prejudice against gays in Moldova, and has ruled that it is unsafe for a Moldovan ‘gay bashing’ victim to return to his native country. According to the court, being homosexual today in Moldova is in some cases life-threatening. In a written ruling, judge Colin MacAulay QC allowed a Moldovan asylum seeker to stay in Great Britain because to return to Moldova would put his life in danger for being gay. Describing the case of Andrei Ivanov, a homosexual man from Moldova, the judge wrote that: “He was assaulted by the police and told to leave town, otherwise he would be killed and his house would be burned down.” Andrei Ivanov, 24, fled his native Moldova after police in the country attacked him. After beatings and death threats, the victim of ‘gay bashing’ by police was forced to flee to the West to save his life.
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