Moscow Pride
moscow pride russian московский гейпрайд moscow gay pride demonstration lesbian gay bisexual transgender people lgbt intended take place may annually since russian capital moscow regularly banned moscow city hall headed mayor yuri luzhkov demonstration accompanied homophobic attack avoided moving site demonstration last minute organizer demonstration nikolai alekseev russian lgbt human right project gayrussiaru june moscow court enacted hundredyear ban gay pride parade european court human right repeatedly ruled ban violate freedom assembly guaranteed european convention human right moscow pride banned authority moscow mayor chief security nikolai kulikov stated interview echo moskvy radio station gay pride conference festival would banned negative view russian population towards public expression gay lesbian must banned violate right tradition lot religious group told u gay pride chief mufti russia central spiritual governance muslim talgat tadzhuddin advocated violence towards protester parade allowed still come street bashed sexual minority right crossed line alternative sexuality crime god russian orthodox leader echoed view declaring homosexuality sin destroys human being condemns spiritual death may several dozen russian lesbian gay bisexual transgender protestors accompanied russian foreign supporter including member european volker beck member german parliament sought hold two successive protest rally court upheld mayor yuriy luzkhovs ban march planned day commemorate th anniversary decriminalization homosexuality russia parade went ahead planned attacked counterprotesters finally broken police two main confrontation first occurred activist approached tomb unknown soldier near kremlin attempt lay wreath according human right watch event hundred antigay protester including skinhead nationalist attacked participant beating kicking many throwing projectile chanting homophobic slogan police intervened belatedly failing protect demonstrator thus aggravating violence volker beck attacked injured attacker never arrested according campaigner peter tatchell immediately set upon fascist thug religious fanatic began pushing punching kicking u injured participant included german member parliament volker beck merlin holland oscar wilde grandson russian lgbt human right project gayrussiaru sponsored documentary film showing event took place around first moscow pride festival documentary called producer nikolai alekseev vivid testimony fight freedom assembly russia see moscow pride moscow pride held may press conference protest front city hall attended several highprofile supporter including marco cappato vladimir luxuria peter tatchell volker beck richard fairbrass right said fred pop duo tatu degenerated violent clash antigay extremist second time police failed protect gay right activist italian mp marco cappato kicked antigay activist detained demanded police protection british gay right veteran peter tatchell russian gay leader nikolai alekseev detained well tatchell beck punched face protester according tatchell police standing nearby nothing eventually moved arrested attacker allowed go free eight ten protester arrested participating rally condemnation authority handling parade came europe mayor rome walter veltroni said happened moscow leaf speechless use even tolerate violence demonstrating peaceful manner recognition human civil right sad sign bertrand delanoë mayor paris also condemned pride central event jochen hick documentary film eastwest sex politics follows organisation pride authority suppression organizer applied five march different location per every day may moscow mayor banned event saying endanger public order cause negative reaction majority population president russia dmitry medvedev phoned prefecture central administrative area moscow told authorise gay demonstration nevertheless authorization refused organizer introduced ban march european court human right lost russian court event took place sunday june two location first flashmob protest gathered around thirty lgbt activist led nikolai alekseev front statue famous russian music composer tchaikovsky second unveiled banner quoting right gay lesbian homophobia mayor luzhkov prosecuted third floor building front moscow city hall trick activist worked able flashmob protest without assaulted arrested different location symbolically made protest front city hall avoid clash protester ground edition moscow pride took place may day finale eurovision song contest hosted moscow eve international day homophobia parade called slavic pride promote gay right culture across entire slavic region europe group belarusian activist led sergey androsenko leader gaybelarus peter tatchell andy thayer foreigner take part demonstration participant came russia belarus although moscow government history denying request authorization parade stated previous year parade would go matter ultimately parade denied authorization moscow official nikolai alekseev praised decision considering parade risk must taken otherwise homophobe authoritarian win moscow official issued statement regarding matter stating protester would treated toughly would face tough measure police department protest originally announced taking place novopushkinsky skver central moscow organizer changed location last moment vorobyovy gory viewpoint near moscow state university popular spot wedding photograph avoid queerbashing attack previous year demonstration motto gay equality compromise postulating recognitition samesex marriage also see recognition samesex union russia protestors arrested within minute filmed television crew including statefinanced russia today among nikolai alekseev human right campaigner peter tatchell exclaimed show russian people free taken away police omon troop needlessly violent peter tatchell said violation russian law activist detained overnight belarusian activist freed nikolai alekseev held overnight prison interrogated hour time eu embassy uk sweden netherlands finland invited organizer monitor event spot concluded find ground make diplomatic action activist commented show easier act eu embassy smaller country latvia several eu embassy brought support turn russia thing different samuel žbogar minister foreign affair slovenia chairman committee minister council europe expressed concern action taken organiser slavic gay pride parade moscow night according established case law european court human right peaceful demonstration cannot banned simply existence attitude hostile demonstrator cause advocate fact first year situation developed concern chairman committee minister council europe nikolai alekseev written earlier prime minister slovenia april asking take issue russian authority moscow pride took place may unexpectedly moscow pride banned fifth successive year gayrussia group appealed unsuccessfully decision court march organizer turned foreign embassy political support like case vilnius bucharest turned ambassador eu state ambassador canada usa australia moscow request hold public action territory embassy mr alekseev said press conference took place may speaker conference nikolai alekseev nikolai baev volker beck first whip green party german bundestag peter tatchell louisgeorges tin president idaho committee maria efremenkova chairman organizing committee st petersburg gay pride andy thayer gay liberation network chicago activist russia belarus organized second slavic pride minsk belarus may activist saw hope successful th annual moscow pride parade european court human right fined russia human right violation damage response new mayor moscow sergei sobyanin refused parade petition february repeated position two day may festival moscow pride organizer nikolay alexeyev held event planned parade lasted minute ultraeastern orthodox protest group attacked parade moscow police arrest participant including three prominent gay right activist american dan choi andy thayer france louisgeorge tin yuri luzhkov mayor moscow dismissed september consistently opposed gay parade capital variety reason attracted international attention said parade last year moscow came unprecedented pressure sanction gay parade cannot called anything satanic let parade take place going allow future blamed group accused receiving grant west spreading called kind enlightenment russia think destructive sect propaganda samesex love inadmissible said attempt promote gay right russia also thanked alexy ii head russian orthodox church backing banning pride response moscow pride organiser sued luzhkov slander nikolai baev nikolai alekseev sought retraction statement parade satanic demanded rouble around damage suit heard moscow city court found favour luzhkov october decided luzhkov attacked alekseev baev personally gay parade general also concurred luzhkov expressing personal opinion organiser plan appeal european court human right international aid conference moscow luzhkov said would persist banning gay pride parade order prevent spread hivaids commented banned continue forbid propaganda sexual minority could turn one factor spread hiv infection certain homegrown democrat believe sexual minority primary indicator symbol democracy forbid dissemination opinion future well luzhkovs stance received support various religious group including russian orthodox church chief rabbi berl lazar muslim grand mufti talgat tadzhuddin activist refer constitutional civil right freedom speech freedom assembly right granted russian constitution chapter two article also european convention human right cets article ratified russian federation also right declared human right universal declaration human right article gay pride warsaw poland locally known parada rownosci equality parade banned city mayor lech kaczyński organizer pride introduced case european court human right strasbourg poland represented lech kaczyński meanwhile found guilty european court human right violating basic human right freedom assembly action warsaw pride see also bączkowski v poland subsequent pride warsaw peaceful event organizer gay pride moscow sure positive decision european court human right case pending european court human right september european court human right given russia january answer ban moscow pride march picket later request russian authority deadline extended february memorandum russian authority insists public activity pride banned full compliance requirement european convention human right fundamental freedom memorandum indicated moscow authority able guarantee safety participant declared public event connection fact opposition majority population also memorandum referred several decision european court justice relating limitation right freedom expression ground violating public morality taken application european court human right claimant insist ban picketing june confirmation russian court breached number article european convention including article right freedom assembly article ban discrimination conjunction article article right court protection october european court human right issued verdict unanimous decision say violation article european convention human right court stressed exercise right peaceful assembly association minority group conditional acceptance majority would incompatible value convention court held russia pay nikolai alekseev eur respect nonpecuniary damage eur cost expense moscow pride gave activist wide access mass medium even massive medium coverage andy thayer gay liberation network chicago spoke moscow pride event aim cause maximum embarrassment government attempt arrest u allow neofascists attack sentence two praising courage russian belarusian lgbt activist began speaking police attack gay lesbian right concern russian attack democratic freedom point omoh cop grabbed dragged away making point much effectively word could uttered th annual gay pride moscow unqualified success political point organizer broadcast around world serve help isolate antigay regime peter tatchell spoke aim medium visibility russian medium full report gay issue last week hugely increased public awareness understanding gay people slowly eroding homophobic attitude medium visibility helping normalise queer existence successive gay protest moscow since people less shocked homosexuality long way go gradually winning heart mind especially among younger russian true throughout history direct action radical campaigner like mahatma gandhi martin luther king jr dramatically effectively overturned injustice adapting tactic slavic pride coordinator ran ring around russian moscow authority put defensive pr disaster russian moscow authority ensuring eurovision forever associated police brutality government homophobia suppression peaceful protest possible consequence ‘quiet lobbying’ instead commented nikolai baev july vilnius lithuanian seimas passed bill banning discussion homosexuality school making illegal gay propaganda medium moreover lithuanian deputy tuesday annulled presidential veto also week ukrainian culture ministry banned movie brüno homosexual propaganda latvia poland less homophobic society lithuania ukraine russia already early latvian polish gay activist chosen absolutely different strategy lgbt visibility first poland latvia gay pride parade organised – strongest efficient gay event medium politics latvian polish activist mounted hard legal political battle homophobic ban local court authority gay pride parade held riga warsaw kraków time neither latvia poland passed shameful law introducing homophobic censorship like lithuanian parliament nikolai alekseev lgbt right russia lgbt right belarus recognition samesex union russia bączkowski v poland moscow pride film lgbt human right project gayrussiaru olympic protest russian antigay law homepage moscow pride english russian lgbt human right project gayrussiaru organizer moscow pride english russian peter tatchell speaks violent moscow assault peter tatchell speaks 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