Ambassador quits Estonia over gay abuse
N. Walsh
The Dutch ambassador to Estonia has asked to be assigned to another country after his male partner suffered repeated racist and homophobic abuse on the streets of the Baltic state. Hans Glaubitz asked to be transferred to the Dutch consulate in Montreal after the insults against his partner, a black Cuban, in the capital, Tallinn. The incidents highlight the poor human rights record of one of the EU's newest members, which Moscow has accused of treating its ethnic Russian population as second-class citizens.
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Ambassador quits Estonia over gay abuse
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Nick Paton Walsh
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In: Guardian; vol./jrg.:
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(08-06-2006)
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The Dutch ambassador to Estonia has asked to be assigned to another country after his male partner suffered repeated racist and homophobic abuse on the streets of the Baltic state. Hans Glaubitz asked to be transferred to the Dutch consulate in Montreal after the insults against his partner, a black Cuban, in the capital, Tallinn. The incidents highlight the poor human rights record of one of the EU's newest members, which Moscow has accused of treating its ethnic Russian population as second-class citizens.
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