First gay pride parade takes place in Lithuania
THE largely Catholic country's first gay pride parade took place in a sealed-off park in central Vilnius yesterday amid a heavy police presence.
About 400 people took part in the event. More than 800 police officers –two for every marcher – were mobilised to provide security. Protesters were allowed to congregate across the Neris River.
On Friday an appeals court overturned a ban on the parade that had been imposed by a lower court due to security concerns. A recent poll showed that two-thirds of the country's population is against holding the parade in the centre of the capital.
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