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| Region | Arkhangel'skaya oblast' |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Fine as punishment |
| Start Date | Sep 30, 2011 |
| End Date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Description | In December 2009, regional authorities in the Arkhangelsk Oblast began drafting laws to prohibit "promotion of homosexual propaganda" to minors, inspired by the 2006 law in Ryazan. The law took effect in September 2011 and was met with protests that faced arrest for violating said law. A federal ban would be implemented in 2013 and while Arkhangelsk has overturned its regional ban, federal law still applies to this day. |
| Sources | https://rg.ru/documents/2012/05/22/arhangelsk-zakon113-9-reg-dok.html https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/society/arkhangelsk-gay-law-to-be-challenged-in-strasbourg/268675 https://www.pilar.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Populizam_12.pdf https://www.codastory.com/polarization/gay-propaganda-law-spreads/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/repression-and-gay-rights-russia/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2020.1740686 https://home.crin.org/latest/russia-gay-propaganda-law https://www.mic.com/articles/58593/putin-s-war-on-gays-a-timeline-of-homophobia https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/arkhangelsk-tosses-antigay-propaganda-law/ |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Fine as punishment |
| Start Date | Sep 30, 2011 |
| End Date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Description | In December 2009, regional authorities in the Arkhangelsk Oblast began drafting laws to prohibit "promotion of homosexual propaganda" to minors, inspired by the 2006 law in Ryazan. The law took effect in September 2011 and was met with protests that faced arrest for violating said law. A federal ban would be implemented in 2013 and while Arkhangelsk has overturned its regional ban, federal law still applies to this day. |
| Sources | https://rg.ru/documents/2012/05/22/arhangelsk-zakon113-9-reg-dok.html https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/society/arkhangelsk-gay-law-to-be-challenged-in-strasbourg/268675 https://www.pilar.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Populizam_12.pdf https://www.codastory.com/polarization/gay-propaganda-law-spreads/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/repression-and-gay-rights-russia/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2020.1740686 https://home.crin.org/latest/russia-gay-propaganda-law https://www.mic.com/articles/58593/putin-s-war-on-gays-a-timeline-of-homophobia https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/arkhangelsk-tosses-antigay-propaganda-law/ |