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"en.20120213.20.1-200-000"2
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"Madam President, I speak on behalf of the many individuals in this House on the continuing and increasingly grave threats to freedom of expression in Russia. We have recently seen the introduction of a new law which bans the so-called ‘promotion of homosexuality’. Its starting point is that homosexuality is wrong. However, I would maintain that what is wrong is the promotion of intolerance and discrimination – precisely what these repressive laws set out to achieve.
These laws have already been adopted in the Russian states of Arkhangelsk, Ryazan and Kostroma. Now they are being introduced in St Petersburg and Moscow. The Federal Parliament is also considering doing exactly the same. Some say that people are not affected by this, but three activists have already been fined under these laws.
But what does ‘promotion of homosexuality’ mean? It is wide enough to censor anyone who dares speak for those who have no voice, and that is why the EU should make the highest possible representation to Russia to speak out in defence of these fundamental human rights."@en1
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