Russia has been in the spotlight for its crackdown on individuals associated with the LGBT community. In Armenia, a Chechen native, Salman Mukayev, was granted asylum and not extradited to Russia due to suspicions of homosexuality. In Russia, four Jehovah's Witnesses were sentenced to seven years in prison for coordinating extremist activities. Additionally, individuals in Russia have been arrested and jailed for displaying rainbow-colored symbols, which the Russian Supreme Court has deemed as symbols of an extremist organization. This crackdown follows the government's designation of the 'international LGBT social movement' as extremist.
⚠️ RUSSIA MAKES FIRST CONVICTIONS FOR 'LGBT EXTREMISM' FOLLOWING BAN (Reuters) Two Russian courts have meted out the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the "international LGBT social movement" and which was designated as extremist last year. On…
A Nizhny Novgorod resident was given five days of arrest in Russia for wearing earrings in rainbow colors She received five days of arrest under the article on "demonstration of prohibited symbols" (Russia's Supreme Court recognized the "international LGBT movement" as extremist… https://t.co/KDf2r6lxav
A Russian court has sent a girl to jail for wearing rainbow-colored earrings shaped like frogs, according to multiple local reports. https://t.co/iiBmXGTQte
A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia has been arrested for five days for wearing earrings depicting a rainbow - likely in a non-LGBT context. Still, she was punished for sporting “extremist” symbols. https://t.co/rhu14hzeT5 https://t.co/LkgLHzGTQa
A Russian girl was ordered arrested because she was wearing rainbow earrings. A court ruled that the earrings amounted to a "public display of symbols of an extremist organization." (per a recent ruling of the Russian Supreme Court.) https://t.co/xVlgIqyB5g https://t.co/oh9CNglagj
NEW: Russian charged with ‘extremism’ for rainbow Instagram post https://t.co/u6RjQwWBZ2
⚠️ FOUR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS EACH IN RUSSIA (Reuters) A Russian court has sentenced four Jehovah's Witnesses to seven years each in prison after finding them guilty of coordinating extremist activities, according to a spokesman for the religious group.…
Armenia refuses to extradite to Russia a Chechen native who was persecuted because of suspicions of homosexuality A court in Yerevan has granted asylum to Chechen-born Salman Mukayev, who was suspected of homosexuality in his home country, and refused to extradite him to Russia.… https://t.co/IgXFP4svUl