Moscow anti-gay attack condemned
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Gay activists and Western mayors express shock at anti-homosexual violence in Moscow.
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The nascent signs of gay activism in Russia have produced a social and political reaction, encouraged by prominent political leaders like Moscowâs mayor, Yuri M. Luzhkov.
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The Catholic church in Spain yesterday attacked government plans to legalise gay marriage, saying it would be like releasing a &quot;virus&quot; into Spanish society.
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West European MPs and a Russian gay rights leader are arrested in Moscow during violence at a banned protest.
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The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.
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RUSSIA&#39;S President Vladimir Putin fired another blast at the West today, warning efforts to push its own interests in parts of the former Soviet Union, ostensibly in the name of promoting democracy, were discriminatory and destabilising.
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Russia's Jewish community on Thursday reported three attacks in the last two weeks, including a raid on a synagogue and desecration of a memorial to Holocaust victims.
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Fears that the Beslan school massacre will lead to attacks against people from the Caucasus mounted yesterday after skinheads beat four people &quot;of Caucasian appearance&quot; on the underground railway system in Moscow.
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Europe&#39;s show of unity with Vladimir Putin was shattered yesterday when Russia accused the European Union of &#39;blasphemy&#39; for demanding an explanation of how the Beslan school hostage crisis ended in massacre.
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Anglican Church head Rowan Williams has warned church leaders that criticism of gay people could make them vulnerable to persecution or suicide.
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Prominent politicians from both parties and a gay-rights group on Saturday condemned right-wing commentator Ann Coulter for her reference Friday to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot."
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Russian gay activists vowed Saturday to demonstrate in Moscow despite a ban by the city authorities, a year after a similar attempt led to arrests by police and attacks by right-wing nationalists.
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Russian nationalists shouting "death to homosexuals" punched and kicked demonstrators calling for the right to hold a Gay Pride parade in central Moscow on Sunday while riot police detained dozens of gay protesters.
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Russian minister repeats retaliation warning.
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Up to seven people were killed in an attack on a police station in Grozny, the capital of the Russian breakaway republic of Chechnya, a report quoting officials said.
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A top Moscow official repeated Wednesday that the city will not allow a gay rights parade, echoing the mayor's vocal criticism and saying that homosexuality is bad for your health, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.
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Archbishop of Canterbury hits out at attempts by church leaders to undermine support for gay rights