Feb. 29, 2012 at 8:20am with 33 notes
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rferl: The Legislative Assembly in Russia’s second city of St. Petersburg has passed a bill banning propaganda to minors about homosexuality or pedophilia. Under the bill, which passed its third and final reading on February 29, individuals convicted of promoting homosexuality or pedophilia among minors could be fined up to 5,000 rubles ($172) and organizations could be fined up to 500,000 rubles ($17,200).The bill must be signed into law by the governor.Yury Gavrikov, the head of St. Petersburg’s Ravnopravie NGO, which promotes the rights of sexual minorities, described the measure as “unacceptable.”“I think it’s absurd to tie sexual violence against children to homosexuality and related information campaigns,” Gavrikov said. “Linking such issues is unacceptable as well as incompetent.” “We want to be heard!”

rferl:

The Legislative Assembly in Russia’s second city of St. Petersburg has passed a bill banning propaganda to minors about homosexuality or pedophilia.

Under the bill, which passed its third and final reading on February 29, individuals convicted of promoting homosexuality or pedophilia among minors could be fined up to 5,000 rubles ($172) and organizations could be fined up to 500,000 rubles ($17,200).

The bill must be signed into law by the governor.

Yury Gavrikov, the head of St. Petersburg’s Ravnopravie NGO, which promotes the rights of sexual minorities, described the measure as “unacceptable.”

“I think it’s absurd to tie sexual violence against children to homosexuality and related information campaigns,” Gavrikov said. “Linking such issues is unacceptable as well as incompetent.”

“We want to be heard!”

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