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Moscow Bans Gay Pride Festivals For 100 Years
Business Insider
Friday, August 17, 2012 11:51 PM GMT
Moscow's city court ruled in favor of a 100 year long long ban on gay pride
parades in Russia's capital today, the BBC reports.
The ban was installed after Russia's best-known gay rights campaigner,
Nikolay Alexeyev, attempted to challenge a city council ruling that banned
the parades.
Alexeyev will now try and bring the case, and Moscow's decision, to the
European Court of Human Rights, reports the BBC.
The battle for increased respect and rights for Russia's LGBT community has
pitted Alexeyev against the Russian state for some time. In September, the
Ministers' Committee of the Council of Europe will hear the case of
Alekseyev vs. Russia concerning the legality of banned LGBT pride events in
2006, 2007, and 2008. Alexeyev hopes the result is similar to an October
2010 ruling by the European Court that stated Russia had discriminated
against Alexeyev because of his sexual orientation.
This ban is another step in Russia's fight against LGBT rights. This year, a
law was approved in St. Petersburg against "gay propaganda." Now, a group
of Parliament members are calling for the law to extend nationwide, reports
RT. Thus far, two people have been arrested under the new law for
demonstrating in the streets holding a poster that read "Being gay is normal
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发帖数: 24887 | 2 You got that right. 1-0-0 years!
Can they be crazier? |
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