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Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement 'extremist'

Russian authorities raided several gay clubs in Moscow, following a Supreme Court ruling to outlaw the "LGBT movement".
The raids involved checking and photographing clubgoers' passports, while police claimed they were searching for drugs.
Activists and human rights groups argue that the ruling discriminates against LGBTQ+ rights and inhibits organized advocacy.

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LGBTQ Nation

Russian police raid gay venues hours after Supreme Court’s “extremist” ruling

Russian police began raiding gay bars and clubs Friday night after the nation’s Supreme Court ruled all gay rights supporters are “extremist” organizations. Other queer-inclusive venues in Russia have begun shutting down in response to the raids. Officers raided a nightclub, a male sauna, and an LGBTQ+-inclusive bar in the capital city of Moscow, checking and photographing patrons’ IDs, the Associated Press reported. Police blamed “drugs” for th…

1 year ago·San Francisco, United States

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WHDH

Police raid gay venues in Russia after top court bans ‘international LGBTQ movement’ - Boston News, Weather, Sports

(CNN) — Police carried out raids on gay venues in Russia late Friday, two online Russian news outlets reported, one day after the country’s top court ruled to ban the “international LGBTQ movement” and labelled it an extremist organization. Thursday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court sent a fresh shiver of fear through Russia’s LGBTQ community, who have already faced an intensifying crackdown in recent years, as President Vladimir Putin seek…

1 year ago·Boston, United States

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KRDO

Police raid gay venues in Russia after top court bans ‘international LGBTQ movement’

By Darya Tarasova, Gul Tuysuz and Jen Deaton (CNN) — Police carried out raids on gay venues in Russia late Friday, two online Russian news outlets reported, one day after the country’s top court ruled to ban the “international LGBTQ movement” and labelled it an extremist organization. Thursday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court sent a fresh shiver of fear through Russia’s LGBTQ community, who have already faced an intensifying crackdown in r…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KIFI

Police raid gay venues in Russia after top court bans ‘international LGBTQ movement’

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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The Christian Science Monitor

After LBGTQ+ activism ban, Russian police raid gay bars in Moscow

Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization.

1 year ago·Boston, United States

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trouw.nl

Politie in Moskou valt gaybars, een sauna en een stripclub binnen. ‘Dit was vooropgezet’

De Russische autoriteiten laten er geen gras over groeien. Nog geen 48 uur nadat ‘de internationale lhbti+-beweging’ als extremistisch werd gebrand...

1 year ago

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