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Russia To Now Fine Searching For 'Extremist' Content Online, Promoting VPNs
Russia's State Duma approved new fines for searching for content considered "extremist" and virtual private network providers that enable access to that material as authorities deepen a long-running crackdown on the internet.
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Man Arrested In Moscow For Satanism, Promoting Same-Sex Relationships
Russia on Monday arrested a medic for "Satanism" and "promoting same-sex relationships", as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ rights, in defence of what it calls "traditional family values".
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Transgender Russian Politician Claims To Have De-Transitioned Back To A Man
A transgender politician from Russia said on Thursday that he had reverted to his gender assigned at birth, in an unusual message amid a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the country.
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Russia Arrests 2 In First LGBTQ Criminal Case Under New Legislation
A Russian court on Wednesday ordered a bar administrator and its art director to be placed in custody, accusing them of organising an "extremist organisation" under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ community.
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How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
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UN "Deeply Concerned" Over Russia's LGBTQ Propaganda Law
The United Nations said on Friday it was "deeply concerned" by Russian lawmakers voting to toughen up a notorious 2013 "LGBTQ propaganda" law, and urged them to repeal the legislation.
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Russia paves way for toughening of 'LGBT propaganda' law
The lower house of Russia's parliament, the Duma, paved the way for toughening a notorious 2013 "gay propaganda" law on Thursday, its official website said.
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Russia Moves To Tighten Anti-Gay Law In Conservative Push
Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.
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Russia Moves To Tighten Curbs Under "Gay Propaganda Law": Key Things To Know
The draft bill proposes to tighten already stringent restrictions imposed on the LGBTQ issues by a 2013 law.
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"Hunt Gay People", Said Horror Film-Themed Website. Then An Activist Died
The frightening Russian website promoted it as a "game" - identify gay people, upload their photos and information to a database and then proceed to hunt them down and torture them, like the gruesome "Saw" movies that inspired the site's name.
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Russia To Now Fine Searching For 'Extremist' Content Online, Promoting VPNs
Russia's State Duma approved new fines for searching for content considered "extremist" and virtual private network providers that enable access to that material as authorities deepen a long-running crackdown on the internet.
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Man Arrested In Moscow For Satanism, Promoting Same-Sex Relationships
Russia on Monday arrested a medic for "Satanism" and "promoting same-sex relationships", as Moscow intensifies a legal crackdown on LGBTQ rights, in defence of what it calls "traditional family values".
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Transgender Russian Politician Claims To Have De-Transitioned Back To A Man
A transgender politician from Russia said on Thursday that he had reverted to his gender assigned at birth, in an unusual message amid a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the country.
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Russia Arrests 2 In First LGBTQ Criminal Case Under New Legislation
A Russian court on Wednesday ordered a bar administrator and its art director to be placed in custody, accusing them of organising an "extremist organisation" under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ community.
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How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
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UN "Deeply Concerned" Over Russia's LGBTQ Propaganda Law
The United Nations said on Friday it was "deeply concerned" by Russian lawmakers voting to toughen up a notorious 2013 "LGBTQ propaganda" law, and urged them to repeal the legislation.
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Russia paves way for toughening of 'LGBT propaganda' law
The lower house of Russia's parliament, the Duma, paved the way for toughening a notorious 2013 "gay propaganda" law on Thursday, its official website said.
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Russia Moves To Tighten Anti-Gay Law In Conservative Push
Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.
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Russia Moves To Tighten Curbs Under "Gay Propaganda Law": Key Things To Know
The draft bill proposes to tighten already stringent restrictions imposed on the LGBTQ issues by a 2013 law.
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"Hunt Gay People", Said Horror Film-Themed Website. Then An Activist Died
The frightening Russian website promoted it as a "game" - identify gay people, upload their photos and information to a database and then proceed to hunt them down and torture them, like the gruesome "Saw" movies that inspired the site's name.
