Arrests in Russian Gay March

(St. Petersburg, Russia) From a report dated yesterday.

LGBT activists in Russia confirm that police have arrested about 60 participants in today’s gay pride parade for violating the country's anti-gay laws, while some were beaten and suffered injuries.

All the participants in today’s St Petersburg gay pride parade have been arrested and are being detained in police vans.

Some participants were badly beaten by anti-gay protestors.

The anti-gay laws were passed to protect minors from homosexual propaganda.