The parade was also attended by representatives of the government, foreign embassies and human rights groups.
“We must not send a message that we cannot demonstrate at least an elementary level of tolerance of differences,” he said. Rasko Konjevic, Montenegro’s interior minister, promised after the event that the police would be taking action against those who broke the law during the parade. He also praised the police for enabling the march to go ahead. “Everybody who was against this today will be ashamed one day,” Aleksandar Sasa Zekovic, one of the organisers, said at the beginning of the parade.
The parade went ahead for around 20 minutes after delays caused by the homophobic demonstrators who threw missiles and chanted “kill the gays”, according to media reports.Ī few of the participants were injured and police arrested around 20 people suspected of attacking the marchers, local media reported. The country’s inaugural gay rights parade, named Seaside Pride, was attended by an estimated 120 people on Wednesday in Budva.
