Andrei Kotov, a travel agent who was arrested for violating the ban on “LGBT propaganda” in Russia, has been found dead in his cell in Moscow where he awaited trial for “extremism charges”. The body of Kotov, who was accused of arranging ‘gay tours’ in Russia and abroad, was allegedly found with signs of suicide. […]
Police in Moscow raided multiple queer bars in the early hours of Saturday, November 30 and arrested the director of a travel agency serving LGBTQ+ customers under laws criminalising “LGBT propaganda.” The raids came on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s Supreme Court outlawing the “international LGBT movement,” paving the way for arrests and prosecutions of […]
More than 50 people have been detained in Moscow after two gay bars experienced heavy police raids in the Russian capital on October 11. Photos and videos of these raids were posted on two pro-Russia telegram channels, with one of the posts showing masked police officers storming into the central club in downtown Moscow, shouting […]
A male medic was arrested in Moscow on Monday, October 7 for “satanism” and “promoting same-sex relationships”. In recent years, Russia has intensified a legal crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in defence of what it calls “traditional family values”. In July 2023, Russian lawmakers outlawed legal or medical changes of gender for transgender Russians, and a […]
Human rights and LGBT+ campaigner Peter Tatchell has been released following his arrest during a peaceful protest close to the Kremlin in Moscow. Mr Tatchell received consular assistance during his detention spending one hour and 40 minutes in police custody, from the moment he was detained near the Kremlin to the moment of his release from the police station.
As the 2018 World Cup in Moscow prepares to kick off at 3pm this afternoon, LGBT+ and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has been arrested during a one-man protest against Russia’s mistreatment of LGBT+ people.
Peter Tatchell stands in solidarity with LGBTs and human rights defenders in Russia. LGBT+ and Human Rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is in Moscow to protest at the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
