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The organisers of a protest march in Sydney to mark this weekend s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras say the event will go ahead despite opposition from NSW Police.
The march is due to take place on Saturday afternoon ahead of the official Mardi Gras, which has been moved to the Sydney Cricket Ground due to COVID-19.
Activist group Pride In Protest is among those organising the community march which plans to take the route of the original 1978 march down Oxford Street to Hyde Park.
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Pride In Protest spokesman Toby Walmsley said he was told by NSW Police they intend to block the event in court, citing COVID-19 health restrictions, but he intends to march anyway.
Ahmed Alaa was imprisoned for flying the rainbow flag in Egypt
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Ahmed Alaa dreams of becoming a captain, navigating ships on the open seas.
“It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid,” the 25-year-old tells SBS News. “It’s a way of escaping, just being in the ocean.
It’s a sense of freedom that Ahmed longs for, something he last felt in September 2017 when he raised the rainbow flag - a symbol of LGBTIQ+ pride - at a rock concert in his home city of Cairo, Egypt s capital.
He was watching the Lebanese band Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead singer is openly gay and performs songs in support of sexual and gender diversity.