Hate crim agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people Rsia have doubled five years, rearchers said on Tuday, the wake of a law banng "gay propaganda".
Contents:
- WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
- LGBT HATE CRIM DOUBLE RSIA AFTER BAN ON 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
- CAMPAIGN OF HATE: RSIA AND GAY PROPAGANDA
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
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As most of the world mov forward toward gay equaly, Rsia is seemgly headg backward. Antigay sentiment and legislatn are spreadg rapidly throughout the untry.
In 2013, the Rsian parliament passed a ban on so-lled 'gay propaganda' that effectively mak nearly any public discsn of gay equaly a crime. On Monday, Rsian Print Vladimir Put signed to effect the “gay propaganda” bill, which Rsian lawmakers unanimoly approved November.
LGBT HATE CRIM DOUBLE RSIA AFTER BAN ON 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
* campaign of hate russia and gay propaganda *
It also prohibs Rsians om promotg or “praisg” homosexual relatnships or publicly suggtg that they are “normal. What do the “gay propaganda” bill say? The new “gay propaganda” bill expands on existg legislatn that was adopted by the Kreml 2013 to promote “tradnal” fay valu Rsia.
CAMPAIGN OF HATE: RSIA AND GAY PROPAGANDA
The 2013 law prohibed pictns of homosexualy, same-sex unns, and “non-tradnal sexual relatns” to be shown to mors. ” Some lawmakers have also shown support for an pennt bill that would make any so-lled “gay propaganda” a crimal offense, acrdg to the Associated Prs.
Rsia crimalized homosexualy 1993, but homophobia and discrimatn is still rife. Petersburg and Mosw have been marked by state vlence and arrts, while an crease the number of attacks on LGBTQ people throughout Rsia—both by dividuals and by anized homophobic groups—creased after the 2013 law, acrdg to a 2014 report published by Human Rights Watch.
Read More: Rsia’s Anti-Gay Laws: How a Dutch Activist Got Cght the Crosshairs How are human rights advot rpondg to this law? In 2017, the European Court of Human Rights led that Rsia’s “gay propaganda law” was discrimatory, promoted homophobia, and vlated the European Conventn on Human Rights and that “served no legimate public tert.