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Contents:
- RSIA: EXPAND 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW
- RSIA TELLS UN THERE ARE NO GAYS CHECHNYA
- GAYS RSIA FD NO HAVEN, DPE SUPPORT FROM THE WT
- RSIA TO GAYS: SHUT UP AND DISAPPEAR
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
- ‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
RSIA: EXPAND 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW
A draft bill before Rsia’s parliament would signifintly affect the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. * russia no gay *
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.
RSIA TELLS UN THERE ARE NO GAYS CHECHNYA
An official at Rsia’s Jtice Mistry has said at the Uned Natns that the rights of the LGBT muny were not vlated Chechnya bee there were no gays sentiment was first exprsed by Chechen strongman lear Ramzan Kadyrov who, faced wh media reports that gay Chechens were allegedly taed and tortured, mataed that “we don’t have any gays.” Last year, the vtigative Novaya Gazeta reported that more than 100 men had been starved, beaten, and tortured wh electric shocks a ernment-backed crackdown on lol gays. * russia no gay *
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.
The proposals prohib sharg posive and even ntral rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, and publicly displayg non-heterosexual orientatns, wh hefty f for nonpliance. The origal “gay propaganda” ban, troduced 2013, purported to protect children om “propaganda, ” broadly fed to mean any posive or ntral pictn or discsn of non-heterosexual relatns.
GAYS RSIA FD NO HAVEN, DPE SUPPORT FROM THE WT
Dpe the breathtakg wealth and vibrant culture s metropolis, Rsia remas a untry where discrimatn and vlence agast gay people are wily tolerated. * russia no gay *
The draft legislatn classifi displays of non-heterosexual relatns or orientatn as “rmatn harmful to children’s health and velopment” and provis that webs and other onle sourc hostg rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people n be blocked.
RSIA TO GAYS: SHUT UP AND DISAPPEAR
“The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law was an unabashed example of polil homophobia, and the new draft legislatn amplifi that broar and harsher ways, ” said Tanya Loksha, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. The 2013 “gay propaganda, ” law has been extensively ed by the ernment to stifle pro-LGBT events and to shutdown anizatns and onle media. “The proposed legislatn and the origal ‘gay propaganda’ ban have no place any society and belong the trash.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti.
‘I’M AAID FOR MY FUTURE’: PROPOSED LAWS THREATEN GAY LIFE RSIA
(Mosw) – A draft bill before Rsia’s parliament would signifintly affect the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today.
Rsia’s notor anti-gay “propaganda” law has been ed creasgly recent years as a tool for outright discrimatn. It has been ed to jtify a crimal vtigatn of social workers who allowed a gay uple, married abroad, to adopt children, forcg the fay to flee to the Uned Stat. Rsian Print Vladimir Put has said his untry is tolerant of the homosexual, bisexual and trans muni but drew a le at children intifyg wh several genr rol.
"I am not tryg to sult anyone bee we have been nmned for our alleged homophobia.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
Beg gay isn't a crime Rsia, but no specific laws protect non-heterosexuals om discrimatn eher. The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn ranked Rsia at 46 among European natns, above only Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. As part of s annual Gay Travel Inx, the Spartac Internatnal Gay Gui gave Rsia a dismal rankg of 159 out of 197 untri and separately sred the untry's regn of Chechnya last, below even Iran, Sdi Arabia and Chechen Republic has been lled out by var ternatnal watchdogs for allegedly vlently reprsg members of the LGBTQ muny.
A 2017 Human Rights Watch tailed arbrary tament, torture and even executn affectg those emed to have homosexual tennci.