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In preparation for the EU talks, Montenegro has passed a law against all kinds of sexual discrimination. "If the government's policy is to support the rights of all people, if we adopt strategies to protect the rights of all minorities, including sexual, then we have to act that way too," he said. Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic condemned the violence and said the government had to protect minorities. "This is the true face of Montenegro," he told Reuters.Ī mountainous country of 680,000 people, socially conservative Montenegro began accession talks last year with the European Union, but it has to convince the 28-nation bloc that human rights are respected. Opponents of the parade had posted fake notices announcing the death of Cimbaljevic on public buildings in Budva. Zdravko Cimbaljevic, one of the march's organisers and the first person to have come out as gay in Montenegro, in 2010, said he had not expected such a violent reaction, which forced the marchers to shorten their route to avoid further clashes. At least 10 anti-gay demonstrators were arrested and several marchers were lightly injured, police said. Protesters chanting "You're sick!" carried banners demanding to keep "Montenegro healthy". BUDVA, Montenegro (Reuters) - Protesters chanting "Kill the gays!" clashed with police trying to stop them reaching marchers taking part in Montenegro's first gay pride parade on Wednesday.Īround 200 demonstrators in the coastal town of Budva hurled stones, bottles and flares at police who were keeping them apart from some 40 marchers wearing shirts in the colours of the rainbow, the symbol of the gay rights movement.