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LGBT festival in Ukraine abandoned after far-right protest


Far-right groups surrounded hotel in Lviv where about 70 participants in the equality festival had gatheredAn LGBT festival in the Ukrainian city of Lviv had to be abandoned when the venue was surrounded by around 200 members of far-right groups shouting “Kill, kill, kill” on Saturday.The event, on the theme of equality, was the first of three regional offshoots of a Kiev festival first held in December, said Olena Shevchenko of the NGO Inside, one of the organisers of the event. The programme included film screenings, literary discussions and public events. … …read more

Source: The Guardian

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