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Russia seeks to outlaw LGBTQ movement as \u2018extremist\u2019 | LGBTQ News<\/p>\n
Justice Ministry files lawsuit in Supreme Court to ban \u2018movement\u2019 in most drastic step against the community so far.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Russian authorities have filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to outlaw the LGBTQ \u201cinternational public movement\u201d, in the latest crackdown against the country\u2019s beleaguered community.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Justice said it had \u201clodged an administrative legal claim\u201d aimed at recognising the LGBTQ movement \u201cas extremist and banning its activity in Russia\u201d.<\/p>\n The move is by far the most drastic step in the decade-long crackdown on LGBTQ rights in Russia unleashed under President Vladimir Putin, who has put \u201ctraditional family values\u201d at the cornerstone of his rule.<\/p>\n The ministry did not specify whether it was seeking the closure of any specific groups or organisations, or if the designation would apply more broadly to the LGBTQ community, causes and individuals.<\/p>\n In a statement, it also accused the \u201cLGBT movement operating on the territory of the Russian Federation\u201d of \u201cvarious signs and manifestations of extremism, including incitement to social and religious hatred\u201d.<\/p>\n A court hearing is scheduled for November 30, the ministry said.<\/p>\n \u201cRussian authorities are once again forgetting that the LGBT+ community are human beings,\u201d said Dilya Gafurova, who heads the Sphere human rights group from exile.<\/p>\n Authorities \u201cdon\u2019t just want to erase us from the public field: they want to ban us as a social group,\u201d Gafurova added.<\/p>\n Crackdown intensified after invasion of Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n Moscow\u2019s crackdown against liberal-leaning groups has intensified since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine last year, which has seen the LBGTQ community in the country face increasing curtailment of their rights.<\/p>\n The Kremlin has since ramped up its rhetoric about protecting \u201ctraditional values\u201d from what it called the West\u2019s \u201cdegrading\u201d influence.<\/p>\n Russia has used the \u201cextremist\u201d label against swaths of rights organisations and opposition groups, opening up their members to criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n In July, lawmakers banned medical intervention and administrative procedures outlawing gender reassignment.<\/p>\n Lawmaker Pyotr Tolstoy said at the time that the measure was about \u201cerecting a barrier to the penetration of Western anti-family ideology\u201d.<\/p>\n Last November, lawmakers also approved a bill banning all forms of LGBTQ \u201cpropaganda\u201d, a move with far-reaching consequences for book publishing and film distribution.<\/p>\n Russia has for years been an inhospitable environment for anyone whose views differ from the hardline interpretation of \u201ctraditional values\u201d promoted by the Kremlin and the Orthodox church.<\/p>\n The country passed a notorious ban on so-called \u201cgay propaganda\u201d in 2013. Same-sex marriage was also effectively outlawed in 2020 by a constitutional amendment stipulating marriage is a union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n Out of 49 European countries, the Rainbow Europe organisation ranked Russia third from bottom in terms of tolerance of LGBTQ people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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