Spain: Thousands protest homophobic violence despite alleged victim withdrawing testimony

Subscribe to our channel! LGBTQ organisations led a protest against homophobia in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Wednesday. Participants carried signs and banners bearing slogans such as: ’Homophobia and fascism are the same’ and demanding justice. An uproar was caused by Bertrand Ndongo, a member of the right-wing Vox party, making an appearance at the rally and was escorted away by police. The demonstration was originally called to condemn the latest case of discrimination against LGBTQ people in the country. A 20-year-old man, who reported an attack by a masked group who allegedly assaulted him and carved a homophobic slur in his buttocks in the Malasana district on Sunday, withdrew his testimony on Wednesday. The interior ministry came out on the day of the protest to announce that the alleged victim took back his statement and said that the injuries were consensually caused. The Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez had previously scheduled a meeting for the country’s hate crime commiss