Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 13:10:12 +0100 (MET)
From: skolander@bahnhof.se (Bjoern Skolander)
Subject: Romania

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT "SHOCKED" BY ROMANIAN ANTI-GAY LAWS. The
Strasbourg- based European Parliament (EP) on 19 September
expressed "shock" over proposed changes in the Romanian
penal code that make homosexual relations punishable by up
to three years in jail, Radio Bucharest and Western agencies
reported. In a resolution condemning the 10 September
decision by Romania's Chamber of Deputies, the EP urged
President Iliescu to intervene to prevent the penal code
changes and asked the Romanian government to "abide by its
commitment" to the Council of Europe to eliminate
"repression of homosexuality." A spokesman for Iliescu said
on the same day that the president "does not agree with
those parliamentarians who voted for articles in the penal
code that do not harmonize with European legislation." --
Dan Ionescu

OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 183, Part II, 20 September 1996