Belarusian gays, lesbians picket Minsk ministry
15:11, 14 February 2011
MINSK. February 14. KAZINFORM Gay rights activists staged a protest outside Belarus's Justice Ministry in Minsk on Monday. Kazinform refers to RIa Novosti.
A RIA Novosti correspondent said a dozen people were waving flags and chanting slogans demanding equal rights and condemning the treatment of gays and lesbians in Belarus.
The protest was allowed to go ahead for the first time after a series of similar events were broken up by police.
Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.