So we may see the first activist prosecuted under the new anti-gay law. He was turned in by a 14-year-old boy who found the picture on line. He was forced to make the complaint by his father. His mother had left the family for another women ten years ago. From the article: The charges are only the latest consequence Isakov has faced for his protest. He told London’s The Times that four policemen beat him so badly after he left the protest that he had to walk on crutches for 10 days. When his injured knee allowed him to return to work at a local branch of Sberbank, the former Soviet banking behemoth, he learned that he had been abruptly fired. Sberbank said that the woman he was providing long-term maternity cover for had cut her three-year leave early and that the protest was not a factor in his dismissal.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 03:46:18 +0000
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