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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 March. [Ukrainian sources]

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt and his Canadian counterpart Roman Waschuk condemn an attack on LGBTI activists, who wanted to participate in the Lviv Equality Festival on March 19.

Lviv District Administrative Court passed a ruling to ban all LGBTI events in Lviv this weekend due to security reasons / boletimjuridico.publicacoesonline.com.br

"Bad news that Lviv Equality Festival was unable to proceed due to violent counter protests. Displays of intolerance in Lviv at odds with the European future so many Ukrainians have sacrificed for," Pyatt wrote on Twitter on Sunday, March 20.

Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk was also unhappy with the incident. "A strong state should have a monopoly on violence. This also applies to dealing with thugs threatening #LGBT events. #Lviv," he tweeted on Sunday.

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin condemn the attack and informed that the police had begun an investigation in the incident.

"Tolerance & non-discrimination make Ukraine stronger. I condemn attack on #LGBTI activists in Lviv. Police [are] investigating the case," he wrote on Twitter......................

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