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| Region | Chechnya |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1996 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya. While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people will either get arrested, or possibly killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. |
| Sources | https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/04/01/71983-ubiystvo-chesti (Russian) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/europe/chechen-authorities-arresting-and-killing-gay-men-russian-paper-says.html |
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edited by cosmeticplague. Adding description and making illegal for Chechnya
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Special Status | Varies by Region | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1993 | 1996 |
| Description | Homosexuality became legal in Russia in 1993. Now at the moment, homosexuality is legal except 1 region-Chechnya. On November 30, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the LGBT movement as extremist and banned it. However, according to the court's decision, this does not concern the private life of LGBT people, but more concerns LGBT activists, it is also prohibited to use LGBT symbols and demonstrate them. It is not forbidden to make a coming out. This is accurate information, as the data has been studied in ILGA and this statement by LGBT human rights organizations and lawyers. | Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya. While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people will either get arrested, or possibly killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. |
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| Sources | http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=57610;p=1#p243 (Russian) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/11/russian-gay/2411939/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/08/russia-new-anti-gay-crackdown-chechnya http://www.ifex.org/russia/2013/06/12/law_passes/ http://www.globalequality.org/newsroom/latest-news/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia | https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/04/01/71983-ubiystvo-chesti (Russian) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/europe/chechen-authorities-arresting-and-killing-gay-men-russian-paper-says.html |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Varies by Region |
| Start Date | 1993 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality became legal in Russia in 1993. Now at the moment, homosexuality is legal except 1 region-Chechnya. On November 30, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the LGBT movement as extremist and banned it. However, according to the court's decision, this does not concern the private life of LGBT people, but more concerns LGBT activists, it is also prohibited to use LGBT symbols and demonstrate them. It is not forbidden to make a coming out. This is accurate information, as the data has been studied in ILGA and this statement by LGBT human rights organizations and lawyers. |
| Sources | http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=57610;p=1#p243 (Russian) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/11/russian-gay/2411939/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/08/russia-new-anti-gay-crackdown-chechnya http://www.ifex.org/russia/2013/06/12/law_passes/ http://www.globalequality.org/newsroom/latest-news/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia |