VILNIUS — The two parliamentarians arrested during the protest to the gay parade should be punished to the full extent of the law, Lithuanian prime minister stated.

The small Baltic state’s first gay parade on Saturday prompted over a thousand-strong anti-gay protest, which remained peaceful but tense, with missiles thrown and barricades charged by skinheads. Twelve people, including Seimas members Petras Gražulis and Kazimieras Uoka were [private_supervisor]arrested and charged with attempting to incite a riot.

“If they have been guilty of disturbing public order, they shall be punished by the full rigor of the law,” the prime minister’s spokesman Virginijus Valentinavičius told local media.

Uoka is part of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius’ Homeland Union-Christian Democrat party, while Gražulis is in the Order and Justice Party.

The two politicians were part a small group of people that jumped over the police barriers and tried to enter the marching grounds that were barricaded off for the Baltic Pride march “For Equality.”

“We request to punish those persons under the administrative law for attempting to incite the riots. If not for these two citizens, the event would be passed without major incidents,” Vilnius Police Chief Kęstutis Lančinskas told reporters during a Saturday press conference.

Gražulis and Uoka were using a megaphone to yell anti-gay chants and stir up an already rowdy crowd. One policeman was injured during the parade and a photographer was hit in the head by a stone thown by a protester.

Gražulis has been the mouthpiece of the anti-gay movement in Lithuania for several years. He campaigned strongly to have the parade banned and has proposed re-criminalizing homosexuality in Lithuania. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]arrested and charged with attempting to incite a riot.

“If they have been guilty of disturbing public order, they shall be punished by the full rigor of the law,” the prime minister’s spokesman Virginijus Valentinavičius told local media.

Uoka is part of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius’ Homeland Union-Christian Democrat party, while Gražulis is in the Order and Justice Party.

The two politicians were part a small group of people that jumped over the police barriers and tried to enter the marching grounds that were barricaded off for the Baltic Pride march “For Equality.”

“We request to punish those persons under the administrative law for attempting to incite the riots. If not for these two citizens, the event would be passed without major incidents,” Vilnius Police Chief Kęstutis Lančinskas told reporters during a Saturday press conference.

Gražulis and Uoka were using a megaphone to yell anti-gay chants and stir up an already rowdy crowd. One policeman was injured during the parade and a photographer was hit in the head by a stone thown by a protester.

Gražulis has been the mouthpiece of the anti-gay movement in Lithuania for several years. He campaigned strongly to have the parade banned and has proposed re-criminalizing homosexuality in Lithuania. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]arrested and charged with attempting to incite a riot.

“If they have been guilty of disturbing public order, they shall be punished by the full rigor of the law,” the prime minister’s spokesman Virginijus Valentinavičius told local media.

Uoka is part of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius’ Homeland Union-Christian Democrat party, while Gražulis is in the Order and Justice Party.

The two politicians were part a small group of people that jumped over the police barriers and tried to enter the marching grounds that were barricaded off for the Baltic Pride march “For Equality.”

“We request to punish those persons under the administrative law for attempting to incite the riots. If not for these two citizens, the event would be passed without major incidents,” Vilnius Police Chief Kęstutis Lančinskas told reporters during a Saturday press conference.

Gražulis and Uoka were using a megaphone to yell anti-gay chants and stir up an already rowdy crowd. One policeman was injured during the parade and a photographer was hit in the head by a stone thown by a protester.

Gražulis has been the mouthpiece of the anti-gay movement in Lithuania for several years. He campaigned strongly to have the parade banned and has proposed re-criminalizing homosexuality in Lithuania. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]arrested and charged with attempting to incite a riot.

“If they have been guilty of disturbing public order, they shall be punished by the full rigor of the law,” the prime minister’s spokesman Virginijus Valentinavičius told local media.

Uoka is part of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius’ Homeland Union-Christian Democrat party, while Gražulis is in the Order and Justice Party.

The two politicians were part a small group of people that jumped over the police barriers and tried to enter the marching grounds that were barricaded off for the Baltic Pride march “For Equality.”

“We request to punish those persons under the administrative law for attempting to incite the riots. If not for these two citizens, the event would be passed without major incidents,” Vilnius Police Chief Kęstutis Lančinskas told reporters during a Saturday press conference.

Gražulis and Uoka were using a megaphone to yell anti-gay chants and stir up an already rowdy crowd. One policeman was injured during the parade and a photographer was hit in the head by a stone thown by a protester.

Gražulis has been the mouthpiece of the anti-gay movement in Lithuania for several years. He campaigned strongly to have the parade banned and has proposed re-criminalizing homosexuality in Lithuania. [/private_subscription 1 year]

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