Taras Karasiichuk, the popular head of the Kiev Pride 2012 organising committee,has been beaten for the second time in just six weeks, this time leaving him with a broken jaw.
During the attack on 22 June an unidentified man approached Karasiichuk close to his apartment, asking “Are you a fag?” before kicking him in the head and face.
On 20 May, in a similar incident, Karasiichuk and two other members of the Pride committee were attacked and beaten following a news conference. The conference was held to announce the committee’s decision to cancel the planned Kiev Pride parade, after large numbers of anti-gay protesters arrived in the city and the police refused to provide protection for parade participants.
