13:45: Police are trying to break the door of the apartment where the activists are. Without a court order, this is a breach of private property - and illegal.
13:53. Activist Alexey Davydov has been arrested. He was in some sort of a fight with anti-gay protesters
13:55. Nikolai Alexeyev reports: "We have called the foreign media to let them know that the police are trying to breakdown the apartment door."
14:00. Police prevent reporters from getting into apartment building. Activists trapped in apartment, but are being interviewed over the telephone. AFP lead the foreign press pack.
14:10: Fo[u]r gay activists are trapped in the apartment block. Three uniformed police officers with two, presumably, plain-clothed officers, are still trying to break-down the door.
Protest Over, But Moscow Police Raiding Activists' Apartment Right Now
01 Jun 2008
Date Edited: 01 Jun 2008 05:07:24 AM
13:45: Police are trying to break the door of the apartment where the activists are. Without a court order, this is a breach of private property - and illegal.
13:53. Activist Alexey Davydov has been arrested. He was in some sort of a fight with anti-gay protesters
13:55. Nikolai Alexeyev reports: "We have called the foreign media to let them know that the police are trying to breakdown the apartment door."
14:00. Police prevent reporters from getting into apartment building. Activists trapped in apartment, but are being interviewed over the telephone. AFP lead the foreign press pack.
14:10: Fo[u]r gay activists are trapped in the apartment block. Three uniformed police officers with two, presumably, plain-clothed officers, are still trying to break-down the door.