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In Russia crowd threw eggs at gay activists · 2007-05-29 12:52
Russian police arrested dozens of demonstrating gay rights activists Sunday, including European lawmakers who wanted to present a letter to Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. The demonstration also attracted a hostile crowd of people who punched and threw eggs at the activists.
The letter, signed by some 40 European lawmakers, appealed the city’s ban on a march that would have taken place Sunday to mark the 14th anniversary of Russia decriminalizing homosexuality, USA Today informs.
Police quickly grabbed about a dozen demonstrators and forced them into a bus, including the Russian gay rights movement leader Nikolai Alexeyev. Police then hustled away others, including German parliament member Volker Beck, as opponents threw eggs and shouted: “Moscow is not Sodom!”
Marco Cappato, a European Parliament deputy from Italy, was kicked by one opponent as he spoke to journalists. Cappato began shouting: “Where are the police? Why don’t you protect us?” and officers hauled him away as he struggled.
Cappato later told Italy’s Sky TG24 that he had been released. He said that when he saw that Ottavio Marzocchi, an official with the Liberal Democrats in the European parliament, had come under attack, he began shouting and “within five seconds I was taken away by police in anti-riot gear.”
A total of 31 people were detained and most were later released, Moscow police spokesman Yevgeny Gildeyev said. He said two Italians were detained for jaywalking and a German was taken away by police to prevent him from being beaten.
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