Gay protest broken up in Moscow
Police in Russia have broken up a protest by gay rights activists in Moscow, staged to coincide with the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Some 30 campaigners had gathered near a university in defiance of a ban on their march and many were dragged away by police when they shouted slogans.
British gay rights activist, Peter Tatchell, was among those detained.
A counter-demonstration by nationalist and religious groups was allowed to go ahead elsewhere in the Russian capital.
Equal rights
The gay rights group had been waving flags and chanting slogans demanding equal rights and condemning the treatment of gays and lesbians in Russia.
At least 20 were arrested as police moved in to disperse the protest.
As he was being taken away by police, Mr Tatchell shouted: “This shows the Russian people are not free.”
Speaking from a police station, he later told the BBC: “The way the police violently broke up our peaceful protest is an indication of a drift toward authoritarianism that is affecting all Russians.”
‘Satanic’
The organiser of the gathering and leading campaigner, Nikolai Alexeyev, was also detained at the event, which took place in the south-west of the city.
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Gay businessman gets anticipatory bail
MUMBAI: A sessions court has granted gay businessman Ratan Shrivastav anticipatory bail. His wife, Pooja, had filed a case against him under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Homosexuality is a cognizable offence in India.
While granting Shrivastav bail, Judge D U Mulla held that there was no need for custodial interrogation in the matter. Pooja had lodged a complaint with the Gamdevi police station in February, claiming that Shrivastav’s relations with other men was taking a toll on their marriage.
The complaint was filed against Shrivastav, a resident of Peddar Road, and his alleged partner, Damien Christopher, a sailor with the merchant navy. Christopher has already been granted anticipatory bail. Shrivastav’s advocate V Kantawala told the court that Pooja married his client in 1994, and had been living with him ever since. The couple has an eight-year-old son. See Gay businessman gets anticipatory bail
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Two separate cases of forced sodomy investigated in NYC
(New York City) After weeks of conflicting accounts about a shocking claim of police brutality in a subway station, three patrolmen were notified Monday they will face criminal charges in the case.
Officers Richard Kern, Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales were indicted last week by a grand jury investigating allegations by …
