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Turkish police disrupt a crowd gathering for Istanbul's annual gay pride parade, using water cannon and rubber pellets to disperse them. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Turkish police forcibly intervene in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining and loading into buses more than 150 demonstrators. The governor's office had banned the march around Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul but hundreds of protesters carrying rainbow flags press ahead with the rally in defiance of police. IMAGES
Turkish police fire tear gas at gay rights groups and activists who defied authorities to march for the Istanbul pride parade, banned for the fifth year in a row. IMAGES
Protesters were trying to mark International Day Against Homophobia in Moscow but were thwarted by police, while a similar event passed peacefully in Russia's second city, St. Petersburg. Gavino Garay reports.
A crowd of demonstrators gathers in Istanbul to protest against the arrest of Sebnem Korur Fincanci, head of the Turkish Medical Association. The police forcefully disperse the protesters and journalists using their riot shields. Turkish police arrested Fincanci after she called for a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish militants, prosecutors said. IMAGES
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