Foreigners barred from gay-pride rally

SINGAPORE: Foreigners will be barred from attending Singa­pore’s annual gay-pride rally, its organisers said, as the city-state tightens rules against the involvement of non-Singa­poreans in protests.

Singapore’s Pink Dot rally, which started in 2009, has attracted crowds of up to 28,000 despite a backlash from conser­vative groups in a state where protests are strictly controlled.