The Russian online newspaper Lenta reported that police detained the activists at a summer camp in the city of Murmansk in the northwestern part of the country during a human rights seminar in which a local LGBT advocacy group was participating. The publication said Kris van der Veen, president of LGBT Groningen, a Dutch LGBT advocacy organization, gave a lecture on gay rights. moreAnyone feel like visiting the Sochi Olympics?
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
First foreigners arrested - Russia's gay laws
Four Dutch citizens have been arrested in Russia and fined. Their crime? "Violating the country’s anti-gay propaganda law."
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