Baltic Pride parade draws up to 2,000 in Vilnius

  • 2016-06-20
  • BNS/TBT STAFF/VILNIUS
Between 1,500 and 2,000 people marched in a Baltic Pride parade in Vilnius without any serious incidents Saturday, the police of the Lithuanian capital has said. Six drunken people were detained during the event, Paulius Radvilavicius, spokesman for the police, told BNS, adding that some of them shouted obscenities, and one carried a knife and urinated in public. Ambassadors from several countries, European and Lithuanian politicians, human rights activists, members of the LGBT community and supporters, representatives of civil society organisations, an...
 
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