Protesters arrested at Russian embassy in Stockholm, Sweden

Thursday, 01 August 2013
Protests against anti-gay law passed in Russia recently has seen  a large group of people demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Stockholm,  Sweden on Thursday.

Image from Swedish television
According to the protesters, they are reacting to the new Russian legislation, which discriminates against homosexuals. Two people have been arrested inside the embassy area.
earlier in the week Swedish foreign minister Carl Bidlt go into a diplomatic spat on Twitter where he accused the Russian for passing a discriminatory law that affected the guy community in Russian.

It came after the Russian government early in June approved what is described as a controversial law banning "propaganda" directed at minors related to "non-traditional sexual relationships." No member of government pr parliament voted against the proposal.
Two women from the feminist group FEMEN took part in the demonstration and strayed into the Russian embassy area. The women were arrested thereafter for trespassing, reports Swedish news agency TT.
by Scancomark.com Team