Moscow city court has accepted a claim by The Barents Observer to challenge Russia’s censorship and media regulation agency Roskomnadzor’s arguments to ban the newspaper. The Norwegian-based, bi-lingual newspaper has been blocked in Russia since February after it refused to…
Theme: LGBTI rights
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: Criminal Prosecution for Consensual Same-Sex Relationships Between Men
Society in Eurasian countries has long displayed a high level of homophobia, stigmatization, and discrimination against LGBT people, which is historically driven by the repressive laws and practices of past decades. This report uses field data and other sources to…
Homophobia remains a serious problem in the region of Eurasia. It manifests in hate speech by media and public officials; hate crimes that are not properly investigated; repressions against LGBTI by the law enforcement; unacceptable terminology used in the criminal…
Sky News: This week, after a two-year legal battle, a court in St Petersburg ordered the Janoshka printworks to give Ms Vasilyeva her job back and to pay her 1.85 million roubles (£22,000) in lost income and 10,000 roubles (£120)…
Two United Nations Committees have recently commented on issues relevant to the situation in Tajikistan. UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) during its 124th session presented the Tajikistan with a list of questions for consideration based on the country’s 3rd periodic…
The Daily Beast: How Russia Drove Crimea’s LGBT Community Underground Shortly: According to a 2016 report, Violation of LGBTI Rights in Crimea and Donbass, by Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial and Kiev-based Center for Civil Liberties, social attitudes “changed under the influence…