Per BBC, police in Moscow have broken up a gay rights demonstration, which was taking place during the widely viewed Eurovision Song Contest. British rights activist Peter Tatchell was among those detained.

Some from Moscow tweeted about the story.

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   redexile (Moscow, Russia) Apparently, in Pushkinskaya, police are pre-emptively arresting anyone who looks as though they might start a gay demo… 16 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   colinbray (Moscow, Russia) Wonder if the Moscow gay-arresting police ‘Omon’ realise that the Cyrillic name on their backs reads backwards as ‘Homo’ in English? 16 May 2009 from web
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   Kysia (Moscow, Russia) De opgepakte journalist van de Gay Krant blijkt een Brit te zijn. Nog ongeveer 40 mensen zitten vast. (The arrested journalist of the Gay Krant appears to be a Brit. Approximately 40 people are held.) 16 May 2009 from web

As Britain was part of the story, Twitterers from London were quite active in discussing the news and sharing their opinions:

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   petshopboys (London, U.K.) A gay rights rally in Moscow today has been brutally broken up by police while an anti-gay demo has gone ahead. Enjoy Eurovision… 16 May 2009 from Tweetie
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   RubyBeech (London, U.K.) is amazed at the Moscow authorities reaction to the proposed Gay Pride march. Let’s hope Graham Norton doesn’t get arrested. 16 May 2009 from web
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   joncopy (London, U.K.) Moscow police violently break up gay pride rally in front of international media http://tinyurl.com/oaphvt 16 May 2009 from web
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   AndrewGilbert1 (London, U.K.) Eurovision … ironic that a gay fest in Moscow ends up as a fight for gay rights… hasn’t anyone understood that russians dont like demos? 16 May 2009 from web
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   gaylondon (London, U.K.) http://tr.im/lx3u – The Moscow mayor Yuri Luzkhov has described gay parades as “satanic”. @gaylondon describes the Moscow mayor as “[expletive]“. 16 May 2009 from Tweetie

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