Amnesty International calling on European governments to make Prides safe

Amnesty campaigns for the rights of LGBT people to be free from physical and verbal attacks and threats, free to assemble and organise events and adequately protected by law enforcement officials.

Among the examples of discrimination and violence faced by Pride events:

- The Gay Pride march in Riga in 2005 was initially banned and then took place without adequate police protection. The 2006 march was banned and the authorities failed yet again to provide adequate police protection for the participants of an indoors meeting.

- For the third year running this May, the Moscow city authorities have denied gay and lesbian activists permission to march. Appeals against the earlier bans are pending before the European Court of Human Rights.

Read more at Pink News: Amnesty International highlights Pride problems across Europe