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jpak

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Sun Jul 15, 2018, 11:39 PM Jul 2018

Top LGBT group projects message onto Presidential Palace in Helsinki ahead of Trump-Putin summit

Source: The Hill

A leading LGBT advocacy group blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump over ongoing crimes against LGBT people by projecting messages on the building where they will meet on Monday.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) displayed messages on the side of Finland’s Presidential Palace on Sunday, calling out Putin for the reported abuse and torture of LGBT people in the Russian republic of Chechnya and Trump for his silence on the issue.

“Trump and Putin: Stop the Crimes Against Humanity in Chechnya,” one message read.

“The whole world is watching,” another message displayed. “Silence is deadly.”

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/397138-top-lgbt-group-projects-message-onto-presidential-palace-in-helsinki

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Top LGBT group projects message onto Presidential Palace in Helsinki ahead of Trump-Putin summit (Original Post) jpak Jul 2018 OP
I clicked on the video and Microsoft sent an alert. sheshe2 Jul 2018 #1
Trump didn't have to put up with this crap in North Korea where people respect their leader. Midnight Writer Jul 2018 #2

sheshe2

(83,754 posts)
1. I clicked on the video and Microsoft sent an alert.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 12:20 AM
Jul 2018

It said it contained malicious software and gave a porn alert. I did not read the whole alert, got out of there as quickly as possible, jpak.

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