Tens of thousands of people took part in the Prague Pride parade of the LGBT community on Aug. 10 while a similar march in neighboring Poland went smoothly despite fears of far-right disruption.
“We had 30,000 people according to our estimate, which we arrived at after consulting the police,” said Bohdana Rambouskova, spokeswoman for the week-long Prague Pride festival.
“Everything went smoothly, everything was fine except the weather — it rained throughout the parade,” she told AFP.
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In 2018, the event was attended by 40,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and supporters, according to Rambouskova.
Although the festival generally took place without a hitch, local media reported a couple of disruptions.
On Thursday, someone had set fire to a rainbow flag in central Prague and fired flares at an island hosting the festival workshops and other events.
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On Saturday, Prague cleaners had to wipe away oil poured onto a staircase along the march route.
In neighboring Poland, around 2,000 people took part in a Gay Pride parade in the city of Plock, while a few hundred far-right nationalists held a counter-protest.
The peace was ensured by a heavy police presence — a measure taken in the wake of a violent nationalist attack on an LGBT rally in the Polish city of Bialystok three weeks ago.
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數萬人參加了八月十日的布拉格同志大遊行。不久前，捷克的鄰國波蘭才舉行了同志遊行，過程平和，所擔心的右翼勢力攻擊所幸並未發生。
「我們諮詢過警方後，估計參加遊行的人數有三萬」，為期一週的布拉格同志遊行活動發言人波達娜‧蘭布思可娃說。
「一切都進行得很順利，一切都很好，除了天氣──整個遊行期間都在下雨」，她告訴法新社說。
蘭布思可娃表示，二○一八年的遊行，有四萬名女同志、男同志、雙性戀者、跨性別者，以及支持同志的群眾參加。
雖然這次同志遊行活動大致都進行順利，但經當地媒體披露，仍有一些滋擾事件。
上週四，有人放火焚燒布拉格市中心的彩虹旗，並以照明彈攻擊一島嶼，島上正舉辦同志遊行工作坊和其他活動。
上週六，有人在遊行路線中的一個階梯潑油，讓布拉格的清潔人員疲於奔命。
在鄰國波蘭，約有兩千人參與普沃茨克市的同志遊行，而數百名極右翼民族主義者則舉行抗議活動，反對該遊行。
三週前，在波蘭比亞維斯托克市舉行的同志集會遭到一名民族主義者攻擊。因而此次警方部署大量警力，使活動的進行得以維持平和。
（台北時報林俐凱譯）
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