Russia: Four-year prison sentence for nightclub owner exposes deepening crackdown on LGBTI rights

Reacting to the sentencing of nightclub owner Tatiana Zorina to four years in a penal colony for purportedly organizing the “extremist activity” of a non-existent “international LGBT movement” at her venue, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “Tatiana Zorina’s sentencing is a stark illustration of how Russia’s abuse of ‘extremism’ […] The post Russia: Four-year prison sentence for nightclub owner exposes deepening crackdown on LGBTI rights appeared first on Amnesty International .