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Moscow Authorities Refuse to Sanction LGBT ‘Rainbow Rally’

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Moscow City Hall has refused a request by LGBT activists to hold a “Rainbow Rally” in Moscow’s Gorky Park on May 25, citing last day of school festivities scheduled for the same day.

MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow City Hall has refused a request by LGBT activists to hold a “Rainbow Rally” in Moscow’s Gorky Park on May 25, citing last day of school festivities scheduled for the same day.

Earlier, an announcement on Rainbow Rally’s Facebook page said that a rally with about 200 people would be held in support of gay rights on a square next to the Krymsky Bridge in Gorky Park. But on Friday, a City Hall official said the rally would not be held.

Read more in The Moscow News.

 

 

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