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rfmcdonaldThanks to Facebook's Michael for linking to Dan Savage's post reporting on an attack on gay protesters in Moscow by skinheads, apparently with the implicit permission of the police.
The letter is here, while you can add your signature there, too.
denied a permit—but anti-gay skinheads were given a permit. Russian LGBT activists, along with international supporters (including Choi), marched in defiance of the ban on a gay pride demonstration. The police stood by and did nothing while skinheads—some working with the police—beat some marchers, the police then swarmed and arrested other LGBT marchers. You can see the police tackle Choi in the video above. LGBT activists, some skinheads, and a few bystanders were all swept up in the arrests, and they all wound up in cells and courtrooms together. Choi has published an open letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling on her to condemn state-sponsored violence against LGBT people in Russia.
The letter is here, while you can add your signature there, too.
