The Supreme Court of Russia recognized LGBT people as an “extremist organization” and banned the movement on Russian territory.
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The meeting was held behind closed doors. Only representatives of the Ministry of Justice who filed a lawsuit were allowed to see him.
It took Judge Oleg Nefedov of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation four hours to consider the Ministry of Justice’s claim.
The Russian Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to ban the “international LGBT social movement” in Russia on November 17. The department did not specify what exactly it considers a movement, who is in it and how it is organized.
Now in Russia they can be imprisoned for 10 years for participating in the work and financing of LGBT organizations, for providing them with services, and even for disseminating information about the LGBT movement, including on social networks. The legal work of organizations helping the LGBT community will become impossible, since it is no longer possible to appeal the court decision. Some experts believe it poses a threat to ordinary LGBT people as well.
A ban on the “LGBTQ movement,” according to activists interviewed by Meduza, will lead to increased hatred and bullying of the community and will likely lead to persecution of LGBTQ people simply for the very fact of their existence.
Today in the world, the LGBT community faces prison or the death penalty in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Uganda, Nigeria and dozens of countries in Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East.
Source: Racurs
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