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Gay rights a tall order in ex-communist bloc

People attend a March of Tolerance in support of gays and lesbians, in 2008, in Cracow, Poland. Poland was condemned by the European Court of Human Rights after Gay Pride parades were banned in Warsaw in 2004 and 2005 by the then mayor, Lech Kaczynski, who is now the country's president.

Young Latvians protest against the Gay Pride march in a closed park in center of Riga. Full Article at France 24

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