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UN Independent Expert: Gay Culture Hindered, Social Arts Persecuted in Russia
27 Apr. 2012
Farida Shahid, the UN Independent Expert, drew attention to the Law of Saint-Petersburg that prohibits the so-called "homopropaganda" among the minors which was adopted in Spring 2012. "That law might be used against those people who want to participate in culture events...", cites her the UN News Centre.
On April 19, 2012 Mrs. Farida Shahid met Saint-Petersburg's authorities. During her talks with Vassily Kicherji - the vice-governor of Petersburg, Mrs. Shahid expressed concern that "recent lawmakers' initiatives threaten to violate the rights of sexual minorities". The vice-governor said in response, using a standard bureaucracy language, that "they had not been intruding into private life of LGBT people but they wanted to stop them from making homosexuality propaganda among the adolescents".
Yesterday Farida Shahid came back to Moscow after her trip across several Russian regions and said that in the final report her fears of recent gay hate trend of "Don't Say Gay" laws that discriminate LGBT citizens grew stronger. Moreover she expressed her deep concerns with the facts about persecution of "social arts activists" by the police who were sued and threatened for their provocative style of artistic self-expression, especially if their artistic event was aimed against the Russian Orthodox Church".
English translation presented by Yerdna Bananes
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On April 19, 2012 Mrs. Farida Shahid met Saint-Petersburg's authorities. During her talks with Vassily Kicherji - the vice-governor of Petersburg, Mrs. Shahid expressed concern that "recent lawmakers' initiatives threaten to violate the rights of sexual minorities". The vice-governor said in response, using a standard bureaucracy language, that "they had not been intruding into private life of LGBT people but they wanted to stop them from making homosexuality propaganda among the adolescents".
Yesterday Farida Shahid came back to Moscow after her trip across several Russian regions and said that in the final report her fears of recent gay hate trend of "Don't Say Gay" laws that discriminate LGBT citizens grew stronger. Moreover she expressed her deep concerns with the facts about persecution of "social arts activists" by the police who were sued and threatened for their provocative style of artistic self-expression, especially if their artistic event was aimed against the Russian Orthodox Church".
English translation presented by Yerdna Bananes
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Pictures courtesy of shutterstock.com and mirenska olga
Pictures courtesy of shutterstock.com and mirenska olga
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