| Attacks on gay activist in Ljubljana |
| 26 June 2009 | 13:06
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LJUBLJANA --
Eight masked individuals attacked participators of a gay and lesbian literature night and assaulted journalist and gay activist Mitja Blažić.
The masked assailants, dressed in all black, shouted anti-gay slogans during the attack, which took place on Thursday night in a Ljubljana café called Open, in which the literary night was being held in honor of the traditional gay pride parade week.
They also tried to burn the café by throwing a torch into the room.
Blažić was treated in the Ljubljana Clinical Center for cuts on his head and burns on his neck from the torch, which the assailants beat him with.
The literary night was organized during the traditional gay pride week and the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Slovenian homosexual association Legebitra.
This year’s gay pride parade was supported and endorsed by officials of the Council of Europe, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Žbogar and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković.
Blažić is the president of the Association for the Integration of Homosexuality and recently met with Slovenian Interior Minister Katarina Kresal, who promised that police would secure all safety measures needed for the pride parade to take place peacefully, adding that all possible violations at the parade will be sanctioned.
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