The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday (31 May) may have passed largely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to claim their rights and celebrate their identity is under threat.
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It’s over! There were speeches, the counter-protesters made lots of noise and then we all got on our buses and left, safe and sound. That’s it for another year.
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And we’re off… Rainbow flags and umbrellas are everywhere among the assembled marchers, numbering a few hundred.
The atmosphere is good-humoured, loud and celebratory, the groups of counter-demonstrators at either end of the street may be visible and loud, but they’re not raining on our parade.
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It’s 9.30 on Saturday morning, the sun is in the sky and Amnesty International activists from around 30 countries are gathering for Riga Pride 2008. Yellow t-shirts abound at the side of the venue for the march.
The street we’ll be marching on is within a major police cordon, showing how seriously the authorities have taken […]
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Greetings from Riga. It’s Friday morning, the day before the march. The Amnesty International delegations are starting to arrive and preparations for today’s press conference continue.
I’m Donnacha DeLong, Senior Editor of amnesty.org. Last year, I worked on the Riga Pride demo from London. I helped post other people’s writings to the blog from home over […]
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