Rights Group Releases Video of LGBT Attacks in Russia
Source: NY Times blog
With just days left until the start on Friday of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Human Rights Watch released a video on Tuesday that highlights the disturbing violence and discrimination that gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people face in Russia.
In a statement accompanying the footage, Human Rights Watch urged the Russian authorities to address the deteriorating situation of abuse against LGBT people and activists, saying that a failure to act has exposed them to further harassment and violence and has emboldened attackers.
Read more: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/rights-group-releases-video-of-lgbt-attacks-in-russia/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&src=twr&_r=1&
And this is before the Olympics. Wonder how much repression we'll see DURING?
Behind the Aegis
(53,831 posts)...and Putin assures us there will be no harm to gays as long as they "leave the children be!"
We will see the real problems, kind of, after the Olympics are gone.
The video from the link: