Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has rescinded his decision to bar 10 journalists from covering cabinet meetings.

In a new report, the global rights group Amnesty International documents abuses in 159 countries and territories that it says were "inflicted by those in power on those who stand in the way of their vested interests."

A man suspected in the beating of two journalists in Kyiv on May 18 has been released on bail.

A man suspected of beating two journalists in Kyiv on May 18 has been arrested.

Sixty-one Ukrainian lawmakers have signed a petition urging Kyiv's mayor to ban a gay-pride parade in the Ukrainian capital scheduled for May 25.

About 100 people have taken part in a high-profie march organized by Moldova's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the capital, Chisinau, under the slogan "Equal rights for all."

Pro- and antigovernment protesters square off in rival demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital soon after leaders of the three main opposition factions in the Ukrainian parliament agree to cooperate on backing a single candidate to oppose incumbent Viktor Yanukovych in presidential elections in 2015.

A march scheduled for May 19 in downtown Chisinau by Moldova's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community will take place in another part of the city.

Moldova’s LGBT community is launching a weeklong festival celebrating sexual minorities in the conservative country. Organizers are optimistic the country has come a long way since a gay march in 2008 was scuttled by rock-throwing counterdemonstrators.