{"id":10040,"date":"2013-09-06T04:58:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T04:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2013-09-06T04:58:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T04:58:28","slug":"protest-at-g20-in-russia-about-gay-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10040","title":{"rendered":"Protest at G20 in Russia about &#8216;gay discrimination&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10041\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/russian_gay_protest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10041\" alt=\"Russian gays protest\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/russian_gay_protest-300x170.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/russian_gay_protest-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/russian_gay_protest-70x40.jpg 70w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/russian_gay_protest.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian gays protest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spaced out along St. Petersburg&#8217;s main thoroughfare, about a dozen human rights activists staged individual protests to attract the attention of leaders of the world&#8217;s biggest economies to human rights violations in Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Activist Iosiph Skakovsky said they held individual protests because mass protests are often banned or disrupted by police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Activist Natalya Tsymbalova was protesting &#8220;discrimination of sexual minorities, falsification of elections, pressure on NGOs, violation of the freedom of public assembly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her handmade poster said that Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s claim that gays are not discriminated against was a lie. &#8220;There is discrimination. Speak out for Russia!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new Russian law banning gay propaganda aimed at minors has drawn international criticism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police checked the documents of individual protesters but did not interfere in their actions. &#8211; AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spaced out along St. Petersburg&#8217;s main thoroughfare, about a dozen human rights activists staged individual protests to attract the attention of leaders of the world&#8217;s biggest economies to human rights violations in Russia. Activist Iosiph Skakovsky said they held individual protests because mass protests are often banned or disrupted by police. 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