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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Two Men Arrested After Protesting St. Petersburg's Antigay Law
By Neal Broverman
Nikolai Alekseev ARRESTED X390 (SOURCED) | ADVOCATE.COM
Two gay activists stood up against St. Petersburg's draconian new antigay
law and were promptly arrested.
Alexei Kiselyov and Cyril Nepomnyashiy staged individual protests Thursday
in front of the Palace of Youth Creativity. Holding signs saying "Gay —
this is normal," the men voiced anger at the city's new antigay law, which
bans "propaganda of homosexuality to minors" but is widely seen as an
indictment of anything LGBT-related.
The two activists face up to 15 days in prison for taking part in a "public
event that was not authorized by the city authorities and of disobeying the
lawful demands of police officers," according to GayRussia. The men will be
represented in court by prominent Russian LGBT activist Nikolai Alekseev.
"They are only trying to convey to the public capital scientific truth that
homosexuality is not a disease but a natural and normal sexual orientation,"
Alekseev told Gay Star News. "But yesterday’s arrests show that this
prohibition is being broadly construed, enforcing the denial of the right of
freedom of expression for LGBT people." |
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