Police clash with far-right protesters at LGBTQ+ film festival in Kyiv

Police clash with far-right protesters at LGBTQ+ film festival in Kyiv

Editor's note: The story was updated with a comment by Bohdan Zhuk, director of the Sunny Bunny festival. A clash broke out between police and far-right protesters outside the Zhovten cinema in Kyiv on April 19, where the Sunny Bunny LGBTQ+ film festival is taking place, Suspilne media reported.According to a Suspilne correspondent at the scene, members of the group called "Prava Molod" ("The Right Youth" in Ukrainian) gathered outside of the ve…

In Podol in Kyiv, near the cinema “Zhovten”, where the LGBT+ film festival “Sunny bunny” takes place, participants of the action in support of traditional values fought with police representatives.

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The Metropolitan Police did not comment on the incident

In Kyiv, police detained demonstrators protesting against LGBTQ+ Sunny bunny film festival