Human Rights Watch released a seri of vios the group says shows that the beatg and abe of gays has bee wispread. One 17-year-old om Sochi who was btalized says Rsia's new anti-gay propaganda law has been taken as enuragement by anti-gay groups. Mark Phillips reports.
Contents:
- GAY MAN RSIA FORCED TO HIDG OVER YOUTUBE TERVIEW
- WHO CONTROLS A GAY RSIAN TEEN-AGER’S STORY?
- VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY
- ‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
GAY MAN RSIA FORCED TO HIDG OVER YOUTUBE TERVIEW
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A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists. Maxim Pankratov told CNN he was facg threats and a potentially lengthy prison sentence for appearg the vio discsg his life as an openly gay man Rsia.
WHO CONTROLS A GAY RSIAN TEEN-AGER’S STORY?
A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists. * jose manuel reyes gayosso *
The vio, origally posted on the Rsian-language “Real Talk” YouTube channel, featured four children terviewg Pankratov, 22, about his life and his inty as a gay man.
VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY
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The format of the vio is simple: Pankratov and his terviewers face each other chairs agast a blue background, and the children ask simple qutns: “How did you know you were gay?
‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
Young mothers Yana and Yaroslava don’t want to leave Rsia wh their 6-year-old son. But they fear a harsh new anti-gay law passed by Rsian lawmakers will leave them ltle choice. * jose manuel reyes gayosso *
“It was about what ’s like to be a gay man Rsia and how I live. Rsia has a rerd of official hostily toward gay rights.
” The law – which prohibs public discsn of gay rights and relatnships anywhere children may be prent – has drawn wispread ternatnal nmnatn.
In 2017, a European urt led that the law was discrimatory, promoted homophobia and vlated the European Conventn on Human Rights.