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.
Hundreds of people, including Amnesty International activists from 30 countries, joined the celebratory Riga Pride [...]

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Amnesty International activists from around 30 countries gathering in Latvia to join Riga Pride 2008 in solidarity with the Mozaika alliance of LGBT people and other LGBT people in Riga, in Latvia and in the Baltic states.
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A Latvian organization for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, called Mozaika, is planning to hold a Gay Pride event in the centre of Latvia’s capital, Riga on 31 May.
When similar events were organized in 2005 and 2006, they were either banned or inadequately protected against attacks from homophobic counter-protestors.
In 2007, [...]

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