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Protters Serbia's pal fight nng battl wh police as they try to dispt the first Gay Pri march the cy sce 2001.

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GAY PARAS BANNED MOSW FOR 100 YEARS

Mosw's top urt upholds a ban on gay pri march the Rsian pal for the next 100 years. * gay parada beograd 2001 *

Image ptn, Nikolay Alexeyev has been mpaigng for years for the right to stage gay paras RsiaMosw's top urt has upheld a ban on gay pri march the Rsian pal for the next 100 years. Earlier Rsia's bt-known gay rights mpaigner, Nikolay Alexeyev, had gone to urt hopg to overturn the cy uncil's ban on gay had asked for the right to stage such paras for the next 100 also oppos St Petersburg's ban on spreadg "homosexual propaganda". The European Court of Human Rights has told Rsia to pay him Friday he said he would go back to the European Court Strasbourg to ph for a regnn that Mosw's ban on gay pri march - past, prent and future - was Mosw cy ernment argu that the gay para would risk g public disorr and that most Mv do not support such an September, the Council of Europe - the ma human rights watchdog Europe - will exame Rsia's rponse to a prev European Court lg on the gay rights issue, Rsian media report.

It had nsired Mosw's ban on gay paras verg the perd on this story. REUTERS/Zorana JevticBELGRADE, Sept 11 (Rters) - Thoands of relig and right-wg activists marched through Serbia's pal on Sunday llg for thori to ban a Gay Pri march planned for next protters - who rried a massive Serbian flag - clud groups who also shouted slogans backg Serbia's long-term ally Rsia, as well as natnalistic and far-right . Anti-gay protters have fought nng battl wh police an effort to dispt a Gay Pri march Belgra - the first the cy sce 2001.

The office of the lg Democratic Party was briefly set on fire, and at least one shot was was eventually rtored but more than 100 people, mostly police, were jured, wh another 100 's march was the first Gay Pri para Serbia sce a 2001 event was broken up vlent clash provoked by far-right extremists. 'Hooligan gangs'Before the march, the head of the EU missn Serbia, Vcent Degert, addrsed around 1, 000 gay activists and their supporters who gathered at a park downtown Belgra surround by rt police and armoured vehicl.

THOANDS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI PARA

Thoands of relig and right-wg activists marched through Serbia's pal on Sunday llg for thori to ban a Gay Pri march planned for next weekend. * gay parada beograd 2001 *

"We are here to celebrate the valu of tolerance, eedom of exprsn and assembly, " Mr Degert told the the Gay Pri para was movg though the cy, several hundred protters began chantg at those takg part as they tried to get close to the march. "Death to homosexuals. "The are hooligan gangs which mt be punished severely, " Ms Trivan mayor of Belgra, Dragan Djilas, said the rters had ed Gay Pri as an exce for a brawl.

SR ARRTED BELGRA AFTER ANTI-GAY RT

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"Marchers also bemoaned the ntued evince of agrsive homophobia among some sectns of Serbian society. A gay pri march planned last year was ncelled amid fears of vlence. Right-wg groups say that homosexualy is ntrary to Serbian relig and fay valu.

The Serbian Orthodox Church nmned the para on Friday but also warned agast vlence agast BBC's Mark Lowen says homosexualy is still largely a taboo Serbia, a nservative and relig year's event was beg seen as a tt of how far the untry has e om the ultra-natnalism and vlence of the 1990s and on s path to EU on this story. RAZBIJANJE GAY PARADE.

MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS

Serbian gay rights groups are the procs of planng a gay Pri Para Belgra next month. It will be the first such para to take place nearly a . * gay parada beograd 2001 *

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GAY MARCH PLAN TTS SERB FEELGS

Gay activists Serbia exprs dismay as they ncel a planned march, amid threats of vlence siar to the homophobic vlence that marred that last event 2001. * gay parada beograd 2001 *

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211 GAY PRI DAY IN BELGRA STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

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Serbian gay rights groups are the procs of planng a gay Pri Para Belgra next month.

SERBIA'S PRINT PROMIS TO PROTECT GAY PARA

Serbia's print promised to protect hundreds of gay and human rights activists on Sunday when they stage the first gay pri para the pal sce a siar march 2001 end vlent clash. Ultranatnalist groups and hooligans have threatened to attack the... * gay parada beograd 2001 *

However, as reported by the Associated Prs, Lazar Pavlovic, print of the Gay-Straight Alliance told a prs nference today that the para, schled for 10 October, will beg and end central Belgra, wh a party at the fish. Rsian police officers ta a gay rights activist wh his flag durg an attempt to hold a gay pri para Mosw May. Asi om the sentencg of the punk rock band Psy Rt, there was another tertg lg out of Mosw today: A urt upheld the cy's 100-year ban on gay pri events.

Acrdg to the BBC, Nikolay Alexeye, Rsia's most proment gay rights activist, challenged the cy uncil's cisn to ban any events that uld be nsired "gay paras" om March 2012 until May 2112. The BBC adds: "On Friday he said he would go back to the European Court Strasbourg to ph for a regnn that Mosw's ban on gay pri march — past, prent and future — was unjt. "The Mosw cy ernment argu that the gay para would risk g public disorr and that most Mv do not support such an event.

SERB THORI PROHIB GAY PRI PARA

A summary of the key events leadg up to this year’s Pri Para, showg the velopment of lbian and gay history terms of social, polil and legislative change. * gay parada beograd 2001 *

RT reports that the Rsian ernment has been nng a mpaign agast "homosexual propaganda. " It adds: "A law agast promotn of homosexualy and pedophilia was approved and enacted St.

Petersburg were recently sentenced unr the law for displayg a poster readg 'Beg gay is normal' on a street near a krgarten. Majda Pua, a gay pri aniser, was horrified 2001. A gay para planned to take place Belgra on Sunday has been ncelled, due to secury cisn me after a recent wave of homophobic graffi that has appeared across the cy wh slogans like "Gay para - we're wag for you" and "Death to homosexuals".

THOANDS JO ANTI-GAY PROTT BELGRA

Authori have stopped a gay pri para schled for Sunday Belgra, acrdg to Serbian police. * gay parada beograd 2001 *

The anisers and cy thori feared a repeat of eight years ago, when Belgra's first ever gay para had to be abandoned half-way through due to wispread vlence by an angry mob of protters. I met her one of Belgra's few gay bars - a smoky ltle venue, tucked away behd the central boulevard. Gay Pri anisg mtee.

" Homosexualy Serbia is still far om accepted. The gay scene is unrground and members of the muny are regularly the target of discrimatn.

211 GAY PRI DAY IN BELGRA STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

An timated 8,000 people took to the streets Belgra on Saturday to voice their opposn ahead of the Gay Pri para planned Sunday. Organisers of the para are hopg to avoid havg to ll… * gay parada beograd 2001 *

"All those tryg to promote homosexualy as normal or acceptable are the enemi of the Serbian natn, " he tells me.

The fact that the pri uldn't go ahead shows that Serbia is still a homophobic society.

SERBIA'S PRINT PROMIS TO PROTECT GAY PARA

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"The fact that the pri uldn't go ahead shows that Serbia is still a homophobic society, " he says. Homophobic graffi has been appearg across the cy. Anx voic Bssels may now grow lour over the apparent abily of Serbia to hold a peaceful gay pri, particularly after several European embassi had leant the event their support.

Serbia's prime mister has assured the untry's gay muny that better l of munitn will be tablished to ensure that the para n be held the centre of the cy next year. ”A gay activist Belgra is attacked durg the cy’s first Pri march June 2001.

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