A court in Orenburg sentences three employees of the “Pose” bar in Russia to prison terms of up to seven years over charges connected to LGBTQ+ activity, according to multiple reports. The Central District Court finds the defendants guilty of organizing and participating in an “extremist organization” tied to LGBTQ+ content, following a raid conducted in 2024 and roughly a year of pre-trial detention. The case is described as the first criminal prosecution linked to a 2023 move by Russia’s Supreme Court, which designated an allegedly “non-existent” “LGBT movement” as extremist. The Moscow Times reports that this is the first instance in which criminal charges are brought in connection with that Supreme Court designation, highlighting the novelty of the legal approach. Kyiv Post similarly frames the verdict as the first case connected to Russia’s designation of the LGBTIQ+ movement as extremist propaganda. Both accounts place the ruling within a broader pattern of actions and restrictions targeting LGBTIQ+ rights, including law-enforcement raids and subsequent prosecutions.
Orenburg court sentences three bar staff in Russia LGBTQ+ “extremism” case
A court in Orenburg sentences three employees of the “Pose” bar in Russia to prison terms of up to seven years over charges connected to LGBTQ+ activity, according to multiple reports. The Central Dis...
- A Central District Court in Orenburg sentences three Pose bar employees to prison terms.
- Reported sentences range up to seven years.
- Prosecutors charge the defendants with organizing and/or participating in an “extremist organization.”
- The case follows a 2024 raid and about a year of pre-trial detention.
- Reporting says the prosecution is the first criminal case tied to Russia’s 2023 Supreme Court designation of the “LGBT” movement as extremist.
The Central District Court in Orenburg sentenced three employees of the Pose bar to a maximum of seven years in prison for organizing and participating in an “extremist organization,” marking this the first case linked to Russia’s designation of the LGBTIQ+ movement as extremist propaganda. The verdict follows a 2024 raid and year-long pre-trial detention, in a broader wave of attacks on LGBTIQ+ rights.
1 month agoThe case represents the first instance of criminal charges being pressed in connection with the Russian Supreme Court’s designation of the non-existent “LGBT movement” as “extremist” in 2023.
1 month agoThe case represents the first instance of criminal charges being pressed in connection with the Russian Supreme Court’s designation of the non-existent “LGBT movement” as “extremist” in 2023.
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