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OTHER MOSCOW
PRIDE 2007 COVERAGE ON UK GAY NEWS
Moscow Pride: A Photo Essay.
Eight photographs from l Moscow Pride. 2007
Moscow Gay
Pride: Tatchell’s Assailant Not Arrested,
Say Police. Moscow police confirm that they have opened a
criminal investigation into the assault on British gay human rights
campaigner, Peter Tatchell, at last Sunday's Moscow Gay Pride event.
But official police claims that they have arrested the right-wing extremist
who punched Mr Tatchell in the face are untrue, according to the
investigating officer.
(UK Gay News, June 1)
Moscow Gay
Pride Organiser Khramov Found Guilty. One of the three
organisers of Moscow Pride has escaped a jail sentence and was fined when
found guilty this afternoon in a Moscow court which threw-out evidence,
given at a previous hearing by a number of MPs from Europe, as “frivolous”.
(UK Gay News, June 8)
Portuguese
Gay Group Slams Russia, the EU and Portugal’s PM Over Moscow Pride.
The Portuguese gay and lesbian group Panteras Rosa (Pink Panthers) today hit
out against the Russian authorities after the weekend’s violence in Moscow
during Gay Pride. (UK Gay News, May 29).
European
Union Must Impose Travel Ban on Moscow Mayor of Gay Pride Trouble – Greens.
The British Green Party has today called for a European Union travel ban on
the Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, following violence in the streets of the
capital on Sunday during Gay Pride – and heavy-handed police tactics which
saw many arrests. (UK Gay News, May 28)
May 28: USA:
Beach, or Beaten in Moscow?
Commentary by Sara Whitman.
I sat at the beach today, and
wondered how many people thought Allan and I, with Zachary in tow, thought
we were heterosexual. Okay, Allan in his tiny Speedo and me in my giant one
piece Speedo and, of course, gym shorts, were not exactly looking incredibly
straight but the image was enough to bother me. I had read this
morning that over thirty gay activists had been arrested in Moscow.
May 28:
Russia:
Gay Pride
Organisers Alekseev and Two Others Await Court – 15 Days In Prison Expected.
Nikolai Alekseev and two colleagues from Moscow Gay Pride are spending
tonight in police custody at they await a court appearance later this
morning.
May 28:
Russia:
Ahwazi Arabs
Condemn Arrest of Gay Rights Demonstrators in Moscow. Ahwazi
Arab activists last night condemned the treatment of gay rights activist
Peter Tatchell and other demonstrators in Moscow yesterday.
May 27:
Russia:
Arrested Gay Pride Activist Asks World for Help.
From inside the Tverskoye police station, where he is being detained,
Nikolai Alekseev – one of the Moscow Gay Pride organisers and its
spokesperson – has issued a statement asking for international
support and for the immediate release of all the gays activists
currently being held.
May 27:
Russia:
Moscow Gay Pride:
Dispatches from the Front.
There was trouble in Moscow today when participants at Gay Pride,, led by a
number of European politicians, tried to deliver a letter of protest to
Mayor Yuri Luzhkov at City Hall. Violence flared as they faced groups
of neo-Facist thugs, religious groups, aggressive police and the OMON.
This is a "record" of the dispatches received by UK Gay News from many
sources.
May 27:
Russia:
Tatchell at Moscow Gay Pride: We
Are In This Fight Together. Greetings! I bring you a
message of comradeship and solidarity from the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and intersex [LGBTI] human rights organizations OutRage! in
London. Your struggle is our struggle. This is the full text of
Peter Tatchell's keynote speech to the Moscow Gay Pride Conference yesterday
May 27:
Russia:
Moscow Gay Pride 2006: Where Were the Human Rights
Campaigners?
The
Same Question Can be Asked Today.
The following commentary by GayRussia.ru was
written a year ago. Has the situation changed? The stark answer is: “Not
really”. Ludmila Alekseeva
of the Moscow Helsinki Group and Lev Ponomarev of the Movement for Human
Rights have both declined to come, just as last year.
May 26:
Russia:
Moscow Gay
Pride Blog.
May 26:
Russia:
Moscow City Hall Quiet as 120 Journalists Check In For
Moscow Gay Pride. With Gay Pride about to start, Moscow is
surprisingly quiet. Not a single official statement has been released by
Mayor of Moscow, unlike at the same time last year.
May 25:
Russia:
Tatchell: The Right To Hold Moscow Pride Is Not Just an
Issue of Gay, Lesbian Rights.
International solidarity can help give a psychological
and practical boost to local LGBT activists, Peter Tatchell said shortly
after arriving in Moscow for the city’s second Gay Pride.
May 25:
Russia:
She Promises, She Delivers –
Vladimir Luxuria in Moscow for Gay Pride. An interview with
Europe's first trangendered politician. |
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LONDON, May 28, 2007 – Following
yesterday’ violence against lesbian and gay rights demonstrators in Moscow –
and the arrest of several of the demonstrators – the Mayor of London Ken
Livingstone has this morning written to his Moscow counterpart Mayor Luzhkov
urging that no charges be brought against those who were demonstrating for
lesbian and gay rights.
His letter asks Mayor Luzhkov to
“resolve the root cause of this protest”.
Mr Livingstone’s letter to Mr
Luzhkov:
Dear Mayor Luzhkov,
I am writing to convey my deep
concern at the reported physical violence against, and arrest of, Peter
Tatchell, a Parliamentary candidate for the Green Party in Britain, and
other supporters of lesbian and gay rights, during their participation in an
event in Moscow seeking to present a petition to you to lift a ban on the
Gay Pride parade in Moscow.
I have known Peter Tatchell for
many years and know him to be a person committed exclusively to peaceful
political activity.
I would urge you to use your good
offices to seek the lifting of all charges against Mr Tatchell and his
fellow demonstrators.
I would also urge you to resolve
the root cause of this protest by lifting the ban on the Gay Pride parade in
Moscow in line with the practice of most cities throughout the world.
Yours sincerely,
Ken Livingstone
Mayor of London
■ In Paris, the openly gay mayor, Bertrand Delanoe,
said this morning in a statement that the violence in Moscow was
“clearly inappropriate.”
“I would like to denounce
the unacceptable violence perpetrated once again by extremists on people
peacefully participating in a rally in the Russian capital for the equality
of homosexuals,” he said in a statement.
And the Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, said:
“What happened in Moscow, leaves you speechless.
To use - or even tolerate - violence against those who are demonstrating in
a peaceful manner for the recognition of their human and civil rights is a
sad sign.”
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