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Contents:

• VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY
• WNS: BEATEN FOR BEG GAY RSIA -- ANDREY'S STORY
• VIO OF ATTACKS ON GAY AND LBIANS BY HOMOPHOBIC RSIAN GANGS EMERG
• THE BTAL, BLOODY HORROR OF GAY LIFE PUT’S RSIA
• GAY MAN RSIA BEATEN AND RAPED ON CAMERA HORRIFIC VIRAL VIO
• IN RSIA, VLENT VIOS SHOW A STARTLG NEW FORM OF GAY BULLYG
• INSI THE IRON CLOSET: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY PUT'S RSIA
• GAY RIGHTS RSIA: VICTIM OF CHECHNYA'S ALLEGED PURGE SHAR STORY OF BEATGS
• GAY ACTIVISTS BEATEN AND ARRTED RSIA
• 'ANY DAY YOU N BE TAKEN': INSI WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY CHECHNYA

VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY

A growg numbers of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people have been attacked and harassed across Rsia  the lead-up and aftermath of Rsia’s June 2013 adoptn of an anti-LGBT “propaganda” law - a law so vague that many Rsians believe outright outlaws homosexualy. Between his youth and easy se, ’s hard to believe what he’s been though - a suici attempt, g out of the closet to iends and fay a untry known for tolerance towards gays, and beg the target of thuggish, extreme Rsian natnalists. “I’m so grateful to all Amerins who fought for gay rights, bee they gave this credible opportuny to get married, somethg we uldn’t even dream of Rsia.

The European Court of Human Rights led 2017 that the 2013 law is discrimatory, promot homophobia and vlat the European Conventn on Human Rights. The urt found that the law “served no legimate public tert, ” rejectg suggtns that public bate on LGBT issu uld fluence children to bee homosexual, or that threatened public morals.

WNS: BEATEN FOR BEG GAY RSIA -- ANDREY'S STORY

Speakg before Put signed the bill to the law on Monday, Tanya Loksha, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch said: “The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law was an unabashed example of polil homophobia, and the new draft legislatn amplifi that broar and harsher ways. It’s been nearly a year sce Vladimir Put’s stnchly anti-gay regime passed legislatn allowg the beatg and asslt of any LGBT person for any reason. As you n see the vio above, police tervened only to arrt Kalug for the promotn of “homosexual propaganda, ” allowg his attackers to walk away st-ee.

Members of the femist punk rock prott group Psy Rt were immediately beaten, whipped and pepper sprayed after stagg an impromptu prott of Rsian anti-gay legislatn outsi an Olympic venue Sochi this Febary. Members of extremist vigilante group Occupy Pedophilia ma headl last summer when they began lurg gay men to meet so they uld bully, harass, and sometim beat them — acts that are pletely legal unr Put’s anti-gay regime.

VIO OF ATTACKS ON GAY AND LBIANS BY HOMOPHOBIC RSIAN GANGS EMERG

Wele to the gay-hatg Olympics: Footage of horrific beatgs and huiatn hand out by homophobic Rsian gangs emerg days before untry hosts wter OlympicsHuman Rights Watch pil clips of homophobic vlence RsiaVictims om many major ci report beg targeted over sexualyCountry has been cricised for laws banng 'gay propaganda' to children Published: 20:32 BST, 4 Febary 2014 | Updated: 08:11 BST, 5 Febary 2014 Rsia mt addrs a worseng suatn of wispread vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, human rights mpaigners said Rights Watch has piled a stark vio rporatg clips om some of the worst exampl of homophobic vlence Rsia which has been filmed and upload to the hop to prsure the Rsian ernment to actn by cg ternatnal opprobrium ahead of the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, which begs on down for vio Victims: LGBT mpaigners stand a huddle as they are photographed after beg beaten by homophobic gangs durg a prott, a grab taken om a vio of clips piled by Human Rights Watch A man yanks on the bag held by one of the gay activists durg the prott, scen creasgly mon Rsia The untry has faced fierce cricism over the climate of fear endured by Rsian gays ahead of the Gam, wh opposn foced around a new law banng the dissematn of 'gay propaganda' to children. 'By turng a bld eye to hateful homophobic rhetoric and vlence, Rsian thori are sendg a dangero msage as the world is about to arrive on s doorstep for the Olympics that there is nothg wrong wh attacks on gay people. A gang filmed beatg a lone gay man a vio upload to and distributed on a Rsian social work Human Rights Watch hop to prsure the Rsian ernment to actn over vlent homophobia by cg ternatnal opprobrium ahead of the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi, which begs on Friday There has been a disturbg rise the publitn of vios on social works showg self-scribed vigilant dishg out punishment beatgs and huiatns to gay people.

Mostly claimg to be fightg pedophilia, the groups lure men and boys to meet, acce them of beg gay, huiate and beat them, and post vios of the proceedgs on social works, tentnally exposg their victims to further abe. Impuny: Many of the ultra-natnalist gangs are so unaaid of any actn beg taken by the thori that they make no attempt to disguise their inti the vios which they upload to the ter When victims of homophobia did lodge plats wh the police, few vtigatns followed, is claimed The adoptn of the feral law banng 'propaganda of non-tradnal sexual relatns among mors' is but one measure among several feral anti-LGBT laws proposed or adopted the past year Rsia. That mak illegal to say anythg posive about beg gay publicly or to tell a child that there is nothg wrong wh beg gay or beg raised by gay the same time, Human Rights Watch reports, a vic homophobic mpaign began the media, particularly state- sponsored and state-ntrolled media outlets.

THE BTAL, BLOODY HORROR OF GAY LIFE PUT’S RSIA

The group's rearch found that ernment officials, journalists, and celebri have publicly lled LGBT people 'perverts', 'sodom', and 'abnormal', and have nflated homosexualy wh pedophilia. Climate of fear: The attacks e as several anti-homosexual laws have been passed Rsia's parliament Horrific: The ferocy of the vlence seen some of the clips HRW's pilatn is shockg Left for ad: HRW has warned the Rsian ernment that mt get a grip on the problem Miss Cooper said: 'The discrimatory impact of the anti-LGBT law and hateful language on state televisn have created a climate of tolerance agast the Rsian LGBT muny. 'As Rsia hosts the Olympics this atmosphere of homophobic hatred, the ernment needs to take urgent measur to support the rights of LGBT people and protect them.

GAY MAN RSIA BEATEN AND RAPED ON CAMERA HORRIFIC VIRAL VIO

“By turng a bld eye to hateful homophobic rhetoric and vlence, Rsian thori are sendg a dangero msage as the world is about to arrive on s doorstep for the Olympics that there is nothg wrong wh attacks on gay people, ” said Tanya Cooper, a Rsia rearcher at Human Rights Watch. Members of Occupy Pedophilia have attacked gay people Rsian towns unr the guise of fightg pedophilia and protectg children sce 2012. ” If is a social movement, Occupy Pedophilia is an unabashedly crimal one, lurg gay men via Inter to be verbally abed and physilly asslted by a herd of thugs, who viotape the orals.

Rsian thori’ failure to act, upled wh threats of exile and officials’ homophobic ments blamg gay people for the natn’s low birth rate, have exposed LGBT people to vlence and ma them more vulnerable, advot say. At the same time, has embolned June, the Rsian ernment passed a bill stigmatizg the gay muny, prohibg tg children on homosexualy, and prohibg “propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns. ” That has been terpreted to clu any public exprsn of Rsian Print Vladimir Put signed the bill to law, he has also said gay people were wele Sochi and would be “fortable” there but asked them “to leave children peace.

IN RSIA, VLENT VIOS SHOW A STARTLG NEW FORM OF GAY BULLYG

” The implitn that gays are somehow more prone to scg kids, the face of all evince to the ntrary, might expla Occupy Pedophilia's choice of a name. “As Rsia hosts the Olympics this atmosphere of homophobic hatred, the ernment needs to take urgent measur to support the rights of LGBT people and protect them.

One of the untry’s leadg talk show hosts—the puty director of a ernment televisn and rad outlet—proposed to “burn or bury” the hearts of gay an donors bee they were “unf to ntue anyone’s life. Of those who were attacked, only 6 percent ntacted the a month before the adoptn of the anti-gay propaganda law, there were at least three murrs allegedly motivated by homophobia, acrdg to Human Rights Latnik, a Rsian LGBT advote, says he was beaten bee of his sexualy and activism. ”Related stori on TakePart:• Heartbreakg Vio Imag the Sochi Olympics for Gay Athlet• Gay Athlet Praise Obama's Refal to Attend Olympics Rsia• 5 Ways the Sochi Olympics Are Terrible for Human Rights• Sochi Mayor: We Do Not Have Gay People—'TakePart Live' Discsn• 5 Ways to Show Your Support for LGBT Rights at the Sochi OlympicsOrigal article om TakePart.

INSI THE IRON CLOSET: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY PUT'S RSIA

Ever sce vilently homophobic Rsian Print Vladimir Put phed through a law effectively outlawg openly gay people, the untry’s LGBTQ muny has, predictably, been plagued by vlence. Now a study published Harvard Universy’s Health and Human Rights journal nfirms what myriad horrific anecdot suggt: Gay people Rsia are beg beaten, raped, and murred at rerd rat—and the ernment is dog ltle to stop . Before the passage of the new feral measure, several regnal ernments passed intil laws, strippg gay cizens of legal rights and human digny.

GAY RIGHTS RSIA: VICTIM OF CHECHNYA'S ALLEGED PURGE SHAR STORY OF BEATGS

As the Harvard study not, vlence agast gays Rsia isn’t nsired vlence at all; rather, ’s thought of as a way for young mal to prove their own heterosexualy—while simultaneoly cleansg society of an aberrant, pedophilic muny. That’s the motivatn behd groups like Occupy Pedophilia, which lure gay teens through social media orr to publicly huiate them by beatg them wh sex toys or forcg them to drk ure. The guerrilla group claims that s ultimate goal is to “cure” gay people of their orientatn—echog the Rsian health mister’s statement that homosexualy is often a mental illns.

GAY ACTIVISTS BEATEN AND ARRTED RSIA

Maxim Martskevich, the lear of Occupy Pedophilia, was recently arrted Cuba and will soon face trial Rsia, though none of the charg agast him stem om his gay-bashg.

) But his arrt will likely do ltle to stop the vic zeal wh which Occupy Pedophilia and likemd groups are shamg, beatg, and sexually assltg gay Rsians. This summer, the beatg of a transgenr woman was also ught on tape and wily spread throughout the are not the first tensely homophobic cints that Rsia has seen recent tim, but homophobic vlence has creased terribly sce new laws banng "homosexual propaganda" passed June. LGBT groups say that this new legislatn has bolstered anti-gay activy, which clus "ambhg" spected homosexuals through social media trickery and then submtg them to rerd huiatn and if the acts are not chillg enough, seems as though the vios and clips are released to a vividly supportive dience, often appldg the attacks.

If they are not taed durg protts, mt be bee they are simply too sred to do anythg about the lack of liberty and jtice Rsia that acpany stipulatns the "homosexual propaganda law" which now f 4, 000 to 5, 000 bl (120-150 USD) per dividual and 800, 000-1, 000, 000 bl (24, 000-30, 000 USD) per registered anizatn for even mentng gay a very ser social movement, emerg Rsia will ntue to rank wh other plorably anti-gay stat (i. While Rsia fds self at a rare moment of ternatnal pnce, the ternatnal muny nnot turn a bld eye to the plight of Rsia's LGBT fight homophobia here. Elena Milasha, a proment Rsian journalist who unvered the horrific crackdown on gay men Chechnya, has been beaten up alongsi a lawyer while visg the southern Rsian republic.

'ANY DAY YOU N BE TAKEN': INSI WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY CHECHNYA

Followg her reportg on a crackdown on gay men Chechnya 2017, Mlim clerics Chechnya lled for “retributn” agast her and other journalists. At the time, one wns who fled Chechnya after beg arrted told CNN that hundreds of gay men like him were beg round up by the thori and held appallg ndns at least three tentn centers. In rponse, Chechen lear and Kreml-backed strongman Kadyrov said there were no gay people his republic, and that if there were any they should be taken away om the regn.

Other victims were known homosexuals who were forcibly picked up off the stated goal of the vios was to "cure" the young men of their activists say such footage is a sign that homophobia Rsia is not only beg more prevalent, but also more aggrsive.