Index on Censorship » Novosibirsk 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 » Novosibirsk http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Siberia: Lawmakers pass anti-gay propaganda bill http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/siberia-lawmakers-pass-anti-gay-propaganda-bill/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/siberia-lawmakers-pass-anti-gay-propaganda-bill/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:30:10 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=35880 Legislation banning promotion of “gay propaganda” has passed its first reading in Siberia. The bill, which prohibits the promotion of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender practices among minors. The bill will also be debated in a final reading by lawmakers of Novosibirsk. Similar bills have been passed in several Russian regions, including the city of St. Petersburg.

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]]> banning promotion of “gay propaganda” has passed its first reading in Siberia. The bill, which prohibits the promotion of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender practices among minors. The bill will also be debated in a final reading by lawmakers of Novosibirsk. Similar bills have been passed in several Russian regions, including the city of St. Petersburg.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/siberia-lawmakers-pass-anti-gay-propaganda-bill/feed/ 0 Russia: “Truth about Russians” video deemed extremist http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/all-the-truth-about-russians-video-extremist/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/all-the-truth-about-russians-video-extremist/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:43:04 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=35270 A video posted online titled “All the Truth about Russians,” was ruled extremist by a Novosibirsk court on Monday. The video, posted on social networking sites by a man from the town of Berdsk who faces extremism charges in the case, has been removed and banned because it shows Russians in a negative light, the regional prosecutor [...]

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]]> ruled extremist by a Novosibirsk court on Monday. The video, posted on social networking sites by a man from the town of Berdsk who faces extremism charges in the case, has been removed and banned because it shows Russians in a negative light, the regional prosecutor said in a statement. It has been reported that audio accompanying the video included statements about “how easy Russian women are” and how Russian men “are not worthy of being called men”.

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