GlobalVoices reports: "The May 28 Moscow Pride event - banned by the city authorities on May 17 - did not go smoothly: according to news reports, at least 18 gay rights activists and 14 of their opponents were detained by the police, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Manezhnaya Square and, later, in front of the Mayor's Office on Tverskaya Street. This was the sixth attempt to hold a gay pride parade in Russia's capital.
A number of foreign gay rights activists were arrested in Moscow on May 28, including a former U.S. Army officer Dan Choi."
-----It is totally disgraceful for Moscow and all Russians that a pride parade and festival cannot be held in the capital of Russia in 2011 without being banned by civil authorities and without violence and intolerance.
Shame on you, Moscow!
Sadly this is a very clear part of Russias history, since the Tsars ruled.. Gay, Jewish, Asian, all people not conforming to the Caucasian Russian orthodox group has been persecuted and beaten and worse through out time...
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you that the so called democratic country Russia's authorities act like this.......
It´s true Erestor, but we all have a history to deal with and it is not always glorious in every part.
ReplyDeleteThe Moscovites - and the rest of Russia - must understand that their stand on this issue is certainly not at all acceptable any longer. This is far below the standards that are set for any city or nation that wishes to be considered democratic.