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| Region | Ryazanskaya oblast' |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Fine as punishment |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 2006 |
| End Date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Description | In 2006, the Ryazan Oblast passed a law prohibiting the promotion of "propaganda" of homosexuality to minors, the first known censorship law in Russia. A known case in 2010 of Irina Fedotova had her convicted and forced to pay a fine of 1500 rubles for displaying two posters that said "Homosexuality is normal" and "I am proud of my homosexuality" near a secondary school. While Russia's Constitutional Court found the conviction lawful, a UN Human Rights Committee found it to be discriminatory. Nine more regions would pass similar laws until it was made federal law in 2013. |
| Sources | https://www.pilar.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Populizam_12.pdf https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/lgbt/moscow0607/5.htm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2020.1740686 https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Briefing_on_Russias_federal_anti-propaganda_law.pdf https://ijrcenter.org/2012/12/03/un-human-rights-committee-homosexual-propaganda-conviction-violated-freedom-of-expression/ |
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| Status | Fine as punishment |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 2006 |
| End Date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Description | In 2006, the Ryazan Oblast passed a law prohibiting the promotion of "propaganda" of homosexuality to minors, the first known censorship law in Russia. A known case in 2010 of Irina Fedotova had her convicted and forced to pay a fine of 1500 rubles for displaying two posters that said "Homosexuality is normal" and "I am proud of my homosexuality" near a secondary school. While Russia's Constitutional Court found the conviction lawful, a UN Human Rights Committee found it to be discriminatory. Nine more regions would pass similar laws until it was made federal law in 2013. |
| Sources | https://www.pilar.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Populizam_12.pdf https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/lgbt/moscow0607/5.htm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2020.1740686 https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Briefing_on_Russias_federal_anti-propaganda_law.pdf https://ijrcenter.org/2012/12/03/un-human-rights-committee-homosexual-propaganda-conviction-violated-freedom-of-expression/ |