Demonstration: "Moscow Warsaw - United We Stand!"
09/03/2006
By
Tomasz Szypula KPH
A demo of solidarity with Organizers of Moscow Pride.
A short info about yesterday's demo in Warsaw.
Moskwa Warszawa - Wspólna sprawa!
Moscow Warsaw - United We Stand!
About 20 people gathered by Russian Federation Embassy in Warsaw at 6PM.
The organizer of the demo was The Equality Foundation (the organizer of
Warsaw Pride). There were also representatives from The Lesbian
Coalition LBT, Greens 2004, Social Democratic Party of Poland and
Campaign Against Homophobia.
Organizers were joined by Viachaslau Bortnik from AI LGBT Belarus and
Slava Sementsov, a gay Russian from Moscow.
Organizers read a statement to Russian Chargé d'Affaires Vladimir
Sedykh condemning violation of LGBT People rights in Russia and appeal
to the Mayor of Moscow to allow Russian Gays and Lesbians to organize
the first Gay Pride in Russia ever. Nobody from the embassy went out to
take the letter so it was put into a mailbox hanged on embassy's fence.
Protesters where shouting "Moskwa Warszawa - Wspólna sprawa!"
At the end oranizers of Warsaw demo read a thank you e-mail sent by
Nikolai Alekseev representing Moscow Pride organizers to all people who
gethered in freezing temperature in Warsaw.
A short info about yesterday's demo in Warsaw.
Moskwa Warszawa - Wspólna sprawa!
Moscow Warsaw - United We Stand!
About 20 people gathered by Russian Federation Embassy in Warsaw at 6PM.
The organizer of the demo was The Equality Foundation (the organizer of
Warsaw Pride). There were also representatives from The Lesbian
Coalition LBT, Greens 2004, Social Democratic Party of Poland and
Campaign Against Homophobia.
Organizers were joined by Viachaslau Bortnik from AI LGBT Belarus and
Slava Sementsov, a gay Russian from Moscow.
Organizers read a statement to Russian Chargé d'Affaires Vladimir
Sedykh condemning violation of LGBT People rights in Russia and appeal
to the Mayor of Moscow to allow Russian Gays and Lesbians to organize
the first Gay Pride in Russia ever. Nobody from the embassy went out to
take the letter so it was put into a mailbox hanged on embassy's fence.
Protesters where shouting "Moskwa Warszawa - Wspólna sprawa!"
At the end oranizers of Warsaw demo read a thank you e-mail sent by
Nikolai Alekseev representing Moscow Pride organizers to all people who
gethered in freezing temperature in Warsaw.
