Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 11:21:40 -0400 From: Bj|rn Skolander HOMOSEXUALS' ASSOCIATION REFUSED REGISTRATION Russian homosexuals condemned the refusal on 21 July of a Moscow court to register the Triangle Center for homosexuals, lesbians, and bisexuals on the grounds that its existence "contravened the norms of public morality," AFP and Ekho Moskvy reported on 7 August. In a letter of protest to the Justice Ministry, the group said "the refusal to register our association is a pure and simple violation of liberty and human rights." Homosexuality was a criminal offense in Russia until April 1993. -- Penny Morvant, OMRI, Inc.