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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
- Thursday November 30, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
- www.ndtv.com
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How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
- Wednesday October 25, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
- www.ndtv.com
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Russia Moves To Tighten Anti-Gay Law In Conservative Push
- Monday October 17, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.
- www.ndtv.com
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Russian Lawmaker Terms Upcoming Disney Film 'Beauty And The Beast' As Gay Propaganda
- Saturday March 4, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An ultra-conservative Russian lawmaker on Saturday urged the culture ministry to check Disney's upcoming film "Beauty and the Beast" for possible breaches of a law banning "gay propaganda".
- www.ndtv.com
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Russian MP Urges Facebook Blockage Over Rainbow Flag
- Monday June 29, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Russian lawmaker, who has strongly backed anti-gay legislation, said Facebook should be shut down in Russia over its support for the US Supreme Court's decision to legalise same-sex marriage.
- www.ndtv.com
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Violence, Hostility Slow Europe's Progress on LGBTI Equality: Rights Group
- Monday May 11, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia are the worst countries in Europe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights, but violence against LGBTI people remains rife across the continent, a rights group said late on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Votes With Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to Block Gay Rights at UN
- Wednesday March 25, 2015
- India News | Reported by Nidhi Rajdan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
India was among 43 countries that voted on Tuesday against benefits for same sex couples working for the UN by backing a Russian-drafted resolution. The foreign ministry today justified India's stand saying countries were "not consulted" on the plan.
- www.ndtv.com
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China gay activists' message for Vladimir Putin on Valentine's Day
- Friday February 14, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing on Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.
- www.ndtv.com
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Life goes on for gays in Olympic Sochi
- Sunday February 9, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
The mascara-lined eyes of a petite man dressed in a tuxedo greet visitors after they buzz at the armor-plated door of a one-storey building.
- www.ndtv.com
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No talk of gay rights, please, we're Olympians
- Saturday February 8, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Plenty of athletes made clear before traveling to Sochi how unhappy they were about gay rights being curtailed in Russia, particularly with its law banning gay "propaganda."
- www.ndtv.com
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Sochi Winter Olympics open amid security scares, arrests
- Saturday February 8, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Russia's Winter Olympics got underway on Friday with a grandiose opening ceremony watched by President Vladimir Putin, who will be keen to calm fears of militant attacks and move on from a row over gay rights that has marred the buildup to the Games.
- www.ndtv.com
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Latest Google Doodle on Sochi Olympics upholds gay rights
- Friday February 7, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag on Thursday in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sochi Winter Games begin, Vladimir Putin keen to prove doubters wrong
- Friday February 7, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday determined to prove his doubters wrong after militant attacks, a row over gay rights and ballooning costs overshadowed preparations.
- www.ndtv.com
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Russian President Vladmir Putin links gays to paedophiles
- Sunday January 19, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month.
- www.ndtv.com
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Martina Navratilova hits out at International Olympic Committee over gay rights
- Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Written by Agence-France Presse
The openly gay former tennis star slammed the International Olympic Committee's inaction ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February in Russia, a country which has courted criticism for legislation that gay activists and critics say discriminates against homosexuals.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
- Thursday November 30, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
- www.ndtv.com
-
How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
- Wednesday October 25, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
- www.ndtv.com
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Russia Moves To Tighten Anti-Gay Law In Conservative Push
- Monday October 17, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.
- www.ndtv.com
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Russian Lawmaker Terms Upcoming Disney Film 'Beauty And The Beast' As Gay Propaganda
- Saturday March 4, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An ultra-conservative Russian lawmaker on Saturday urged the culture ministry to check Disney's upcoming film "Beauty and the Beast" for possible breaches of a law banning "gay propaganda".
- www.ndtv.com
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Russian MP Urges Facebook Blockage Over Rainbow Flag
- Monday June 29, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Russian lawmaker, who has strongly backed anti-gay legislation, said Facebook should be shut down in Russia over its support for the US Supreme Court's decision to legalise same-sex marriage.
- www.ndtv.com
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Violence, Hostility Slow Europe's Progress on LGBTI Equality: Rights Group
- Monday May 11, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia are the worst countries in Europe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights, but violence against LGBTI people remains rife across the continent, a rights group said late on Sunday.
- www.ndtv.com
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India Votes With Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to Block Gay Rights at UN
- Wednesday March 25, 2015
- India News | Reported by Nidhi Rajdan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
India was among 43 countries that voted on Tuesday against benefits for same sex couples working for the UN by backing a Russian-drafted resolution. The foreign ministry today justified India's stand saying countries were "not consulted" on the plan.
- www.ndtv.com
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China gay activists' message for Vladimir Putin on Valentine's Day
- Friday February 14, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing on Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.
- www.ndtv.com
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Life goes on for gays in Olympic Sochi
- Sunday February 9, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
The mascara-lined eyes of a petite man dressed in a tuxedo greet visitors after they buzz at the armor-plated door of a one-storey building.
- www.ndtv.com
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No talk of gay rights, please, we're Olympians
- Saturday February 8, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Plenty of athletes made clear before traveling to Sochi how unhappy they were about gay rights being curtailed in Russia, particularly with its law banning gay "propaganda."
- www.ndtv.com
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Sochi Winter Olympics open amid security scares, arrests
- Saturday February 8, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Russia's Winter Olympics got underway on Friday with a grandiose opening ceremony watched by President Vladimir Putin, who will be keen to calm fears of militant attacks and move on from a row over gay rights that has marred the buildup to the Games.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Latest Google Doodle on Sochi Olympics upholds gay rights
- Friday February 7, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag on Thursday in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.
- www.ndtv.com
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Sochi Winter Games begin, Vladimir Putin keen to prove doubters wrong
- Friday February 7, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday determined to prove his doubters wrong after militant attacks, a row over gay rights and ballooning costs overshadowed preparations.
- www.ndtv.com
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Russian President Vladmir Putin links gays to paedophiles
- Sunday January 19, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month.
- www.ndtv.com
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Martina Navratilova hits out at International Olympic Committee over gay rights
- Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Written by Agence-France Presse
The openly gay former tennis star slammed the International Olympic Committee's inaction ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February in Russia, a country which has courted criticism for legislation that gay activists and critics say discriminates against homosexuals.
- sports.ndtv.com