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Olympics staff assault gay protester in Russia for waving rainbow flag
Official Olympics representatives tackled a gay protester in Voronezh, Russia today for the “crime” of simply holding a rainbow flag as the Olympic flame went by.
UPDATE: AP confirms that it was “Olympic security personnel” in the photos.
Gay rights protester Pavel Lebedev was jumped on by agents of the Olympics, who were wearing an official Olympics uniform, with the Olympics rings on it and all, for holding up a rainbow flag along the road as the torchbearer went by. Credit goes to Queer Nation’s Duncan Osborne for spotting the identity of Lebedev’s attacker.
http://americablog.com/2014/01/olympics-staff-tackle-gay-protester-russia.html
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