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William769

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Tue Feb 4, 2014, 05:18 PM Feb 2014

WATCH: Gay Russians Brutally Attacked on Camera ****GRAPHIC VIOLENCE**** [View all]

A new video from activist organization Human Rights Watch provides a terrifying look into just how bad anti-LGBT violence has become in Russia.

Using clips from videos posted to Russian social networks that proudly document the violent assaults against people perceived to be LGBT, the Human Rights Watch video gives a brutal and all too real face to the hostility fostered by Russia's state-sanctioned homophobia. The video includes clips showing members of the Neo-Nazi vigilante group "Occupy Pedophilia," which claims to protect children by luring gay men with false offers of dates online, then humiliates and often brutalizes the young men captured, forcing them to "confess" to their homosexuality or pedophilia on-camera.

In addition to its shocking footage, the video also features interviews with LGBT Russians and activists, who place the escalation of anti-LGBT violence squarely on the shoulders of the President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin, which passed a ban on "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" last summer, essentially criminalizing any positive mention or depiction of LGBT people. Russian activists contend that when they report the antigay attacks to police, officers tell them it's the treatment they should expect for being gay in Russia.

http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2014/02/04/watch-gay-russians-brutally-attacked-camera

Watch the video below, but be warned that it contains violent, graphic images of brutal antigay assaults.



FOGIVE ME IF I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WILL BE WATCHING AND ENJOYING THE WINTER OLYMPICS THIS YEAR.
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they are arresting people who take these videos JI7 Feb 2014 #1
Really? Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #4
one of the people fined under the anti gay law was because they reported JI7 Feb 2014 #6
That was actually a gay person who was charged. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #8
yes, that was it, they arrest people if they claim the videos are evidence of anti gay attacks JI7 Feb 2014 #9
The link Aegis gave doesn't read that way...... go west young man Feb 2014 #13
From my link: Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #20
Fucking horrific Aerows Feb 2014 #5
I don't know the answer to your question. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #10
Extremely sad :( Aerows Feb 2014 #11
Though all were horrible.... Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #2
Thanks for the links. I didn't see them. William769 Feb 2014 #3
What's to forgive? Glassunion Feb 2014 #7
Such a beautiful country. sagat Feb 2014 #12
This is what Evangelicals and some Conservative Republicans want to happen in this country justiceischeap Feb 2014 #14
On the bright side, they seem to be losing FrodosPet Feb 2014 #31
FUCK! Unknown Beatle Feb 2014 #15
Damn! Cha Feb 2014 #16
This is the very reason I refuse to watch arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #17
When we marched on Hollywood Boulevard in the mid-1970's we were harrassed the same way. David Zephyr Feb 2014 #18
Thank you for sharing your story! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #22
Thank you, too. David Zephyr Feb 2014 #26
Thank you for your story David. William769 Feb 2014 #23
Right back to you, too, William769. David Zephyr Feb 2014 #27
I won't watch the video, but I absolutely believe it happened davidpdx Feb 2014 #19
I wasn't going to watch Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #21
Kick! countryjake Feb 2014 #24
The bent thumb... countryjake Feb 2014 #25
Why it's the West Hollywood of Europe! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #28
kick Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #29
K & R davidpdx Feb 2014 #30
Kick! Cha Feb 2014 #32
Right-Wing Watch - Scott Lively: Video Of Anti-Gay Violence In Russia Is A 'Hoax' pampango Feb 2014 #33
Oh, the irony! countryjake Feb 2014 #34
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