Veteran LGBT+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been arrested during a one-man protest against Russia’s mistreatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, as the 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Moscow. Tatchell was reportedly holding a banner supporting gay men who have been violently targeted in a purge in Chechnya while standing […]
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14 Jun 2018 /
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Activists in Russia attempting to deliver a petition calling for an investigation into human rights abuses in The Chechen Republic were detained by authorities who deemed the delivery of the petition an “unauthorised protest”. The five Russian activists were attempting to deliver the petition with over two million signatures to the Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow […]
Tags: All Out, Amnesty International, Avaaz, Bert Wanders, Chechen Republic, Denis Krivosheev, Julie Bishop, Malcolm Turnbull, Moscow, Ramzan Kadyrov, Russia, Vladamir Putin
13 May 2017 |
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A spokesperson for Ramzan Kadyrov, the Head of the Chechen Republic, has dismissed a report in a Russian newspaper that claims authorities in the country are rounding up and killing gay men. Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has published an article claiming that over 100 men had disappeared off the streets of Chechnya, including several television journalists. The […]
Tags: Chechen Republic, Chechnya, detained, gay, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Muslim, queer, Ramzan Kadyrov, Russia, Vladamir Putin
2 Apr 2017 |
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The Prime Minister’s sister Loree Rudd has praised Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws and called for similar legislation to be introduced in Australia. According to News.com Ms Rudd was impressed with Russian President Vladamir Putin’s introduction of legislation that banishes public mention of homosexuality following a recent trip to Russia. Ms Rudd says similar laws are […]
Tags: Australian Marriage Equality, Kevin Rudd, Loree Rudd, Propganda, Rodney Croome, Russia, Vladamir Putin
14 Jul 2013 |
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