Policemen arrest men who hurled smoke bombs at the venue of the Ukraine gay forum in Ukrainian city of Odessa, on August 15, 2015. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists were planning to hold a forum on the history of the gay rights movement in the strategic Black Sea port city after a local court on August 13, banned the planned march over fears it could spark violence. Masked men on August 15 hurled smoke bombs into a venue in the Ukraine port city of Odessa where gay rights activists were to hold a forum after deciding against marching in defiance of a ban.AFP PHOTO/ ALEXEY KRAVTSOV
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Thugs disrupted a meeting of LGBT activists in Ukraine – by attacking them with smoke bombs.
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