Index on Censorship » Nikolai Alekseyev http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Nikolai Alekseyev http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Russia: Activist fined for spreading “gay propaganda” http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/russia-gay-activist-fine/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/russia-gay-activist-fine/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:17:25 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=36084 Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseyev has been fined 5,000 roubles (104 GBP) under a St. Petersburg law for spreading “gay propaganda” among minors. The fine was imposed after the court ruled that Alekseyev had spread propaganda about homosexual relations among minors when he held a sign in a public place last month that stated homosexuality was not [...]

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]]> fined 5,000 roubles (104 GBP) under a St. Petersburg law for spreading “gay propaganda” among minors. The fine was imposed after the court ruled that Alekseyev had spread propaganda about homosexual relations among minors when he held a sign in a public place last month that stated homosexuality was not a “perversion.” Alekseyev has pledged to appeal the ruling.

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