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Article: Gays attacked after rally in St. Petersburg
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- Between the Lines
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- May 15, 2008
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Homophobes attacked gay activists in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 3 after about 25 activists staged an "International Day of Silence" action in Chernyshevsky Park. The activists had taped their mouths shut, handed out leaflets and sat on benches.
Although police guarded the action itself, two participants were beaten after the action ended. The Interfax news service described the assailants as "dressed as rappers."
They punched and kicked rally co-organizer Igor Petrov, head of the Russian LGBT Organizations Network, and Ignat Fialkovskiy, press secretary of the local gay film festival, then ran away as police approached. The activists were not seriously injured.
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