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A gay rights activist is detained by a police officer in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2009.
RUSSIA’S Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBT activism today, after the Justice Ministry had accused campaigners for gay, lesbian and transgender rights of extremism.
In a statement announcing a lawsuit filed with the court earlier this month, the ministry claimed that authorities had identified “signs and manifestations of an extremist nature” by an LGBT “movement” operating in Russia, including “incitement of social and religious discord,” although it offered no details or evidence.
The court declared the “movement” to be extremist in today’s ruling and banned it in Russia.
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
