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Sun, May 28, 2006

Gay Russians beaten during pride paradeUPDATED: 2006-05-28 02:28:45 MST

By AP

MOSCOW -- Russian homosexual activists were pummelled by nationalist protesters and arrested by police yesterday, preventing them from putting on a display of "gay pride" in defiance of a city ban.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said homosexual parades "may be acceptable for some kind of progressive, in some sense, countries in the West but it is absolutely unacceptable for Moscow, for Russia."

"As long as I am mayor, we will not permit these parades," he said.

Police detained the rally's main organizer, Nikolai Alexeyev, as he attempted to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a symbol of Russia's victory against Nazism in the Second World War, just outside the Kremlin wall.

Police closed the entrance to the garden where the tomb is located and the first half-dozen activists who arrived carrying flowers were set upon by about 100 religious and nationalist protesters who kicked and punched them.

"Moscow is not Sodom!" they shouted.

Riot police rushed in to separate the assailants from the activists but detained Alexeyev "as the ringleader," said British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, who was in the group.

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Russia.

"This is a perverts' parade," said one protester holding an icon of the Madonna.

"This is filth, which is forbidden by God. We have to cleanse the world of this filth," said the woman who gave only her first name, Irina.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/russian-gay-pride-parade-rally-ends-in-assaults-and-arrests/2006/05/28/1148754872665.html

Russian gay pride parade rally ends in assaults and arrests

May 29, 2006

MOSCOW: Riot police broke up an attempt by gays and lesbians to stage Moscow's first gay pride parade, and gay activists who tried to lay flowers near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin wall were heckled and assaulted by skinheads, Orthodox Christians and nationalists.

Police said they arrested about 120 people on Saturday, supporters and opponents of the parade. Gay activists were dragged away by riot police when they began speaking to reporters, but opponents of the parade, including a nationalist member of parliament, were allowed to speak and chant "Moscow is not Sodom".

Volker Beck, a German MP for the Green Party, marched with the group and was struck in the face by skinheads outside city hall. He was briefly detained after the incident. A Canadian journalist was also assaulted by opponents of the parade, who threw smoke bombs and eggs.

The Washington Post

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-gay28may28,1,493546.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Gay Activists Beaten by Extremists, Jailed by Police

From the Associated Press
May 28, 2006

MOSCOW — Gay rights activists were pummeled by right-wing protesters and detained by police Saturday, preventing them from putting on a display of gay pride in defiance of a city ban.

Moscow Mayor Yuri M. Luzhkov had warned Friday that gay parades were "absolutely unacceptable for Moscow, for Russia…. As long as I am mayor, we will not permit these parades."

Police detained the rally's main organizer, Nikolai Alexeev, as he attempted to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a symbol of Russia's victory against fascism in World War II, just outside the Kremlin wall.

"We are conducting a peaceful action. We want to show that we have the same rights as other citizens," Alexeev had said at a news conference a few hours before the rally was to have begun.

But police closed the entrance to the garden where the tomb is, and the first half a dozen activists who arrived were set upon by about 100 religious and nationalist extremists who kicked and punched them.

"Moscow is not Sodom!" they shouted. Women wearing head scarves held up religious icons while men in Cossack white sheepskin hats stood by.

"We were expecting this. It's the authorities that are allowing this to happen," said a woman who identified herself only as Anna.

Riot police rushed in to separate the assailants from the activists but detained Alexeev "as the ringleader," said British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell, who was in the group.

Police later said they had detained 120 anti-gay protesters and gay activists.

Saturday was the 13th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Russia, and a number of foreign activists traveled to Moscow for an unprecedented forum on gay rights in Russia and the Russian capital's first gay and lesbian pride parade.

By the time of the start of the rally, more than 100 youths were standing in the square opposite the mayor's office, chanting: "Glory to Russia!"

A member of Germany's Bundestag, Volker Beck, was giving an interview before TV cameras when about 20 youths beat him, bloodying his nose. Volker Eichler, a gay activist from Berlin who witnessed the beating, said police did not intervene.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/28/MNG60J3O821.DTL

Moscow gay rights march meets with violence, police

Protesters show up to attack activists at banned event

Michael Mainville, Chronicle Foreign Service

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Moscow -- Defying an official ban and threats of violence, gay and lesbian activists attempted to hold Russia's first gay pride march in Moscow on Saturday, but were thwarted by police and neo-fascist protesters shouting "Moscow is not Sodom!"

Police arrested about 120 people, and several gay activists were injured in attacks by religious and xenophobic extremists.

The key organizer of the event, 28-year-old Nikolai Alexeyev, was pulled away by police only moments after the short-lived march began. "This is a great victory, an absolute victory -- look at what's happening," Alexeyev shouted as two police officers dragged him onto a waiting bus.

City authorities had banned the march, which they called an "outrage to society," while religious leaders from all of Russia's major faiths condemned it. It provoked a debate within the gay community over whether the demonstration risked inflaming already widespread homophobia in Russia.

But supporters had insisted it was necessary.

"We can't keep living in the shadows," Alexeyev said in an interview before the rally began. "We deserve the same rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly as anyone else."

Organizers had urged gay-rights supporters to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, just outside the Kremlin wall, before marching to a square opposite Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's office. But when they arrived, they found that authorities had closed the entrance to the park where the tomb is located, and hundreds of riot police blocked their path.

More than 100 anti-gay protesters -- including skinheads, Russian nationalists and Orthodox Christian fundamentalists -- had gathered. Women wearing head scarves chanted hymns and held up religious icons, while men in traditional cossack tunics and sheepskin hats shouted at participants.

As police pushed the crowd away from the Kremlin, gangs of skinheads attacked a number of gay activists, kicking and beating them. "We're here to defend the dignity of Russia, to protect our country from perverts and pederasts," said 26-year-old Nikolai Grigoriev.

Shortly before the main rally was to begin, dozens of anti-march youths raced toward the site, throwing flares and setting off smoke bombs. Police made little attempt to clear the square, and the crowd grew. The few gay-rights supporters who attempted to enter the square were arrested by police or beaten by protesters.

While giving an interview to television cameras, a Green Party member of Germany's Bundestag, Volker Beck, was attacked by about 20 youths who beat him in the head. A gang of youths also beat and kicked a Chronicle correspondent attempting to interview one of the participants.

Supporters of the march said the government's refusal to sanction the event had sent a clear signal to police and extremists.

"It was shocking and disturbing. What I saw was a complete failure of police protection that was directly linked to the mayor's banning of the march," said gay-rights activist John Fisher, co-director of the ARC International gay lobby group in Geneva.

By banning the march, authorities gave "free rein to those who would perpetrate acts of violence," Fisher said. "We can only hope that what we saw was representative of only a small segment of society."

Organizers had timed the event to coincide with the 13th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Russia. Despite growing tolerance for homosexuals since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia remains a deeply homophobic society. In one poll last year, 73 percent of Russians opposed same-sex marriages, and 43 percent said gay men should be incarcerated.

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2320. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, every person
appointed as guardian or conservator shall, before letters are
issued, give a bond approved by the court.
(b) The bond shall be for the benefit of the ward or conservatee
and all persons interested in the guardianship or conservatorship
estate and shall be conditioned upon the faithful execution of the
duties of the office according to law by the guardian or conservator.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by statute, unless the court
increases or decreases the amount upon a showing of good cause, the
amount of a bond given by an admitted surety insurer shall be the sum
of the following:
(1) The value of the personal property of the estate.
(2) The probable annual gross income of all of the property of
the estate.
(3) The sum of the probable annual gross payments from the
following:
(A) Part 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of, Part 4 (commencing
with Section 16000) of, or Part 5 (commencing with Section 17000) of,
Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(B) Subchapter II (commencing with Section 401) of, or Part A of
Subchapter XVI (commencing with Section 1382) of, Chapter 7 of Title
42 of the United States Code.
(C) Any other public entitlements of the ward or conservatee.
(d) If the bond is given by personal sureties, the amount of the
bond shall be twice the amount required for a bond given by an
admitted surety insurer.
(e) The Bond and Undertaking Law (Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 995.010) of Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil
Procedure) applies to a bond given under this article, except to the
extent inconsistent with this article.



2320.1. When the conservator or guardian has knowledge of facts
from which the guardian or conservator knows or should know that the
bond posted is less than the amount required under Section 2320, the
conservator or guardian, and the attorney, if any, shall make an ex
parte application for an order increasing the bond to the amount
required under Section 2320.



2320.2. If additional bond is required by the court when the
account is heard, the order approving the account and related
matters, including fees, is not effective and the court shall not
file the order until the additional bond is filed.




2321. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court in
a conservatorship proceeding may not waive the filing of a bond,
without good cause. Good cause may not be established merely by the
conservator having filed a bond in another or prior proceeding.
(b) In a conservatorship proceeding, where the conservatee, having
sufficient capacity to do so, has waived the filing of a bond, the
court in its discretion may permit the filing of a bond in an amount
less than would otherwise be required under Section 2320.



2322. One appointed only as guardian of the person or conservator
of the person need not file a bond unless required by the court.



2323. (a) The court may dispense with the requirement of a bond if
it appears likely that the estate will satisfy the conditions of
subdivision (b) of Section 2628 for its duration.
(b) If at any time it appears that the estate does not satisfy the
conditions of subdivision (b) of Section 2628, the court may require
the filing of a bond.



2324. If the person making the nomination has waived the filing of
the bond, a guardian nominated under Section 1500 or 1501 need not
file a bond unless required by the court.



2325. The surety on the bond of a nonprofit charitable corporation
described in Section 2104 shall be an admitted surety insurer.



2326. (a) If joint guardians or conservators are appointed, the
court may order that separate bonds or a joint bond or a combination
thereof be furnished.
(b) If a joint bond is furnished, the liability on the bond is
joint and several.



2327. (a) In a conservatorship proceeding, the court shall order a
separate bond for each conservatee, except where the assets of the
conservatees are commingled in which case a combined bond that covers
all assets may be provided.
(b) If a guardianship proceeding involves more than one ward, the
court may order separate bonds, or a single bond which is for the
benefit of two or more wards in that proceeding, or a combination
thereof.


2328. (a) In any proceeding to determine the amount of the bond of
the guardian or conservator (whether at the time of appointment or
subsequently), if the estate includes property which has been or
will be deposited with a trust company or financial institution
pursuant to Sections 2453 to 2456, inclusive, upon the condition that
the property, including any earnings thereon, will not be withdrawn
except on authorization of the court, the court, in its discretion,
with or without notice, may so order and may do either of the
following:
(1) Exclude the property deposited in determining the amount of
the required bond or reduce the amount of the bond to be required in
respect to the property deposited to such an amount as the court
determines is reasonable.
(2) If a bond has already been furnished or the amount fixed,
reduce the amount to such an amount as the court determines is
reasonable.
(b) The petitioner for letters, or the proposed guardian or
conservator in advance of appointment of a guardian or conservator,
may do any one or more of the following:
(1) Deliver personal property in the person's possession to a
trust company.
(2) Deliver money in the person's possession for deposit in an
insured account in a financial institution in this state.
(3) Allow a trust company to retain personal property already in
its possession.
(4) Allow a financial institution in this state to retain money
already invested in an insured account in a financial institution.
(c) In the cases described in subdivision (b), the petitioner or
proposed guardian or conservator shall obtain and file with the court
a written receipt including the agreement of the trust company or
financial institution that the property deposited, including any
earnings thereon, shall not be allowed to be withdrawn except upon
authorization of the court.
(d) In receiving and retaining property on deposit pursuant to
subdivisions (b) and (c), the trust company or financial institution
is protected to the same extent as though it received the property on
deposit from a person to whom letters had been issued.



2329. (a) If a guardian or conservator moves the court for
reduction in the amount of the bond, the motion shall include an
affidavit setting forth the condition of the estate.
(b) Except upon a showing of good cause, the amount of the bond
shall not be reduced below the amount determined pursuant to Section
2320.
(c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of the court to
reduce the amount of the bond with or without notice under Section
2328.


2330. Upon the confirmation of the sale of any real property of the
estate, or upon the authorization of the borrowing of money secured
by a mortgage or deed of trust on real property of the estate, the
guardian or conservator shall furnish an additional bond as is
required by the court in order to make the sum of the bonds furnished
by the guardian or conservator equal to the amount determined
pursuant to Section 2320, taking into account the proceeds of the
sale or mortgage or deed of trust, unless the court makes an express
finding stating the reason why the bond should not be increased. If
a bond or additional bond is required under this section, the order
confirming the sale of real property of the estate or authorizing the
borrowing of money secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on real
property of the estate is not effective and the court shall not file
the order until the additional bond is filed.



2333. (a) In case of a breach of a condition of the bond, an action
may be brought against the sureties on the bond for the use and
benefit of the ward or conservatee or of any person interested in the
estate.
(b) No action may be maintained against the sureties on the bond
unless commenced within four years from the discharge or removal of
the guardian or conservator or within four years from the date the
order surcharging the guardian or conservator becomes final,
whichever is later.
(c) In any case, and notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section
2103, no action may be maintained against the sureties on the bond
unless the action commences within six years from the date the
judgment under Section 2103 or the later of the orders under
subdivision (b) of this section becomes final.




2334. Where a petition is filed requesting an order that a guardian
or conservator be required to give a bond where no bond was
originally required, or an objection is made to the sufficiency of
the bond, and the petition or affidavit supporting the objection
alleges facts showing that the guardian or conservator is failing to
use ordinary care and diligence in the management of the estate, the
court, by order, may suspend the powers of the guardian or
conservator until the matter can be heard and determined.



2335. A guardian or conservator who applies for a substitution and
release of a surety shall file an account with the application. The
court shall not order a substitution unless the account is approved.




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