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Rainbow NewsSaint-Petersburg: Gay activists were attacked after June 12th rally
"Walking illegal, meetings illegal. Is breathing legal?"
12 Jun. 2012
Saint-Petersburg has again confirmed its ill fame of being one of the most homophobic cities of Russia. During the celebrations devoted to the Day of Russia today few LGBT people were harmed by nationalists' assault on authorized rally of the opposition. About two dozens of activists from the Coming out LGBT organization and the Alliance of heterosexuals for the rights of LGBT people participated in that rally on Konyushennaya square. Although the rally was peaceful, there were many young people with nationalist views. Some of them were aggressive towards gays and lesbians. When the participants of the rally started to break up, LGBT activists noted that they were followed by a group of nationalists and requested the police to maintain their security. According to the Coming out organization, the police turned a blind eye on the request and advised to hide gay symbols, saying that "then everything would be OK".
"Around 10 to 15 nationalists attacked LGBT activists, spraying the gas. But met with the rebuff, dissolved. One LGBT activist hurt his head, the other had his camera broken. After that offense they asked the police for help once more, but the policemen did not take any action", says the Coming out press release.
For reference: Saint-Petersburg is one of the Russian regions where the so-called "anti homopropaganda among the minors" laws were adopted. That step has triggered the rise of gay hatred and violence towards the dissenters. Human rights watchdogs indicate the growing number of censorship and discrimination (limitation of constitutional rights) on the grounds of the homo propaganda ban. "We once again repeat that the legalization of the discrimination of LGBT people is able to trigger violence. And inaction of the police (that could easily prevent the attack) while the violence is growing in reality, should be qualified as culpable negligence, cites the Coming out Internet site Olga Lenkova, a civil activist, as saying.
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