A court in the central Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has jailed a woman for wearing rainbow earrings, the human rights group Egida reported late Wednesday, marking the second case of its kind after Russia banned the so-called “LGBT movement” as an “extremist” organization in November.   According to Egida, law enforcement agents tasked with combating “extremism” detained the woman after a group of “aggressive people” approached her and her friend at a local cafe and filmed them on camera.

ngl russia is not making it easy to give critical support lol

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    I refuse to say random western sociopaths can just appropriate a symbol of my own liberation and make it bad forever

    I think Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains probably have some bad news for you on that front.

    • WithoutFurtherBelay@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      If one of the people the swastika was appropriated from used it, it would be far less suspicious than most contemporary modern uses

      • bbnh69420@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        It’s used in decoration frequently, it’s extremely easy to tell the different contexts