Activists Vow To Defy Moscow Gay-Parade Ban

Dan82 · May 19, 2011

http://www.rferl.org/content/activists_vow_to_defy_moscow_gay_parade_ban/24178839.html

Russian gay-rights activists have expressed disappointment after Moscow authorities banned a gay-pride march in the city.

The decision by Moscow's city hall quashes hopes the new mayor will foster more tolerance toward Russia's beleaguered homosexual community.

Russia's top gay-rights activist, Nikolai Alekseyev, says he received a letter from the mayor's office on May 17 outlawing the rally on the grounds that it could spark civil unrest.

A representative of the mayor's office press department confirmed the ban.

Since the first attempt to hold the event in 2006, the annual gay-pride rallies have been marred by arrests and violent clashes with police and anti-gay onlookers.

Ironically, Alekseyev says the ban was announced on a day celebrated annually by gay-rights activists...

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Activists Vow To Defy Moscow Gay-Parade Ban

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