Rsian LGBTQ activist Yelena Grigoryeva was killed after beg listed on a "Saw" movie-spired webse that offered priz to people who hunt gays. (“Пила”)
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- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- RSIAN LGBTQ ACTIVIST IS KILLED AFTER BEG LISTED ON GAY-HUNTG WEBSE
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
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.
RSIAN LGBTQ ACTIVIST IS KILLED AFTER BEG LISTED ON GAY-HUNTG WEBSE
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. Legislatn troduced 2013 which banned the promotn of so-lled gay propaganda to mors has been expand to rporate all age means that films, lerature, journalism, advertisg - anythg which actively promot the notn of non-tradnal sexual relatns or which advot a change of genr will be punishable wh hefty n reach up to 400, 000 bl for dividuals (£5, 500) or five ln bl for legal enti (£70, 000).