Rsia's World Cup volunteers have warned they will hunt down gay England fans and report them to police if they see them kissg public
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PUT TALKS GAY RIGHTS ON 60 MUT
A ntroversial law preventg sharg rmatn about gay people wh children is set to apply to all. * putin gay law *
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. Homosexualy was crimalized Rsia 1993, but homophobia and discrimatn is still rife.
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. Muny further unrground, s opponents new law also ntas a ban on propaganda for pedophilia, and a leadg pennt news se, Mza, said the batn “looks like an attempt to put homosexualy and pedophilia the same row.
In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti. "The f rise to up to 5 ln bl ($80, 000) and 4 ln bl ($64, 000) rpectively for legal law was approved by the Rsia's upper and lower ho recent European Court of Human Rights led 2017 that the 2013 law is discrimatory, promot homophobia and vlat the European Conventn on Human 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.
RSIA'S PUT SIGNS 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN TO LAW
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.
Image source, RtersThe ntroversial Rsian ban agast promotg so-lled "gay propaganda" looks set to be extend to all move reprents a tougheng of an existg 2013 law, which mak providg rmatn about beg LGBT to children a crimal nvicted face large f for promotg what Rsia lls "non-tradnal sexual relatns" ial approval of the extensn was voted through by the Rsian State Duma unanimoly. Unr the proposal, rmatn about "non-tradnal liftyl" or "the rejectn of fay valu" would be nsired legally the same as pornography, the promotn of vlence, or stokg racial, ethnic and relig also bans the "propaganda of paedophilia" - which the Rsian ernment often nflat wh beg gay.