Ukraine: Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters scuffle with police in Kiev amid rave Pride rally

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Opponents of an LGBTQ+ community rave Pride rally, held outside the Ukrainian president’s office, scuffled with the police on Friday in Kiev.

The anti-LGBTQ+ protesters could be seen chanting slogans and throwing stones and other objects at police officers, who blocked the approach to the office.

The police used tear gas and batons to disperse the protesters. According to Kiev police, several participants of the rally were detained.

The organisers and participants in rave rally support the draft bill on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences and the Criminal Code of Ukraine on combating discrimination. The bill would make discrimination against Ukrainian citizens based on skin colour, language, sexual orientation, or gender identity punishable with prison time. Activists also demand an investigation into attacks on LGBTQ+ people.

In May embassies of several countries in Kiev issued a joint statement expressing concern about cases of intolerance towards LGBTQ+ people in Ukraine.

In the same month, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal submitted to parliament a bill providing for punishment for discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, race, age, and language.

In June, representatives of the organisation of Ukrainian nationalists ‘Tradition and Order’ held a protest demanding the non-admission of the bill. They also warned of the risk of establishing a ‘gender dictatorship’ in the country.

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