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| Region | Chechnya |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1996 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 1996, the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria passed the 1996 penal code. Article 148 punished sodomy with corporal punishment. The punishment for repeat offenders was the death penalty or life imprisonment. Since 2000, the Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria has been in exile. However, while Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people are often either arrested or killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. |
| Sources | https://mondediplo.com/2018/04/11chechnya-lgbti https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46871801 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18190473 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/putin-has-given-chechnya-free-rein-to-persecute-lgbti-people/ |
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edited by Unknownmiles. adding more info
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| Description | Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya. While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people will either get arrested, or possibly killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. | In 1996, the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria passed the 1996 penal code. Article 148 punished sodomy with corporal punishment. The punishment for repeat offenders was the death penalty or life imprisonment. Since 2000, the Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria has been in exile. However, while Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people are often either arrested or killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. |
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| Sources | https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/04/01/71983-ubiystvo-chesti (Russian) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/europe/chechen-authorities-arresting-and-killing-gay-men-russian-paper-says.html | https://mondediplo.com/2018/04/11chechnya-lgbti https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46871801 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18190473 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/01/putin-has-given-chechnya-free-rein-to-persecute-lgbti-people/ |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Reverting to revision #41775: reverting because although yes, receiving the death penalty for being gay is not the law in any part of Russia police in Chechnya have committed honor killings on gay people
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| Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
edited by Pizzaslices412653. Death penalty is under a motarium in Russia, last execution was in 1999, specifically Chechnya while the rest of Russia is 1996.
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| Value | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Description | Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya. While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people will either get arrested, or possibly killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. | Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya. While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people will either get arrested, or possibly killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. |
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edited by cosmeticplague. Adding description and making illegal for Chechnya
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Special Status | Varies by Region | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1993 | 1996 |
| Description | Homosexuality became legal in Russia in 1993. Now at the moment, homosexuality is legal except 1 region-Chechnya. On November 30, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the LGBT movement as extremist and banned it. However, according to the court's decision, this does not concern the private life of LGBT people, but more concerns LGBT activists, it is also prohibited to use LGBT symbols and demonstrate them. It is not forbidden to make a coming out. This is accurate information, as the data has been studied in ILGA and this statement by LGBT human rights organizations and lawyers. | Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya. While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+ people will either get arrested, or possibly killed. Chechen police will participate in "honor killings" towards anyone who demonstrates homosexual activity or activism for queer rights. |
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| Sources | http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=57610;p=1#p243 (Russian) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/11/russian-gay/2411939/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/08/russia-new-anti-gay-crackdown-chechnya http://www.ifex.org/russia/2013/06/12/law_passes/ http://www.globalequality.org/newsroom/latest-news/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia | https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/04/01/71983-ubiystvo-chesti (Russian) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/europe/chechen-authorities-arresting-and-killing-gay-men-russian-paper-says.html |
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| Status | Varies by Region |
| Start Date | 1993 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality became legal in Russia in 1993. Now at the moment, homosexuality is legal except 1 region-Chechnya. On November 30, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the LGBT movement as extremist and banned it. However, according to the court's decision, this does not concern the private life of LGBT people, but more concerns LGBT activists, it is also prohibited to use LGBT symbols and demonstrate them. It is not forbidden to make a coming out. This is accurate information, as the data has been studied in ILGA and this statement by LGBT human rights organizations and lawyers. |
| Sources | http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=57610;p=1#p243 (Russian) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/11/russian-gay/2411939/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/05/08/russia-new-anti-gay-crackdown-chechnya http://www.ifex.org/russia/2013/06/12/law_passes/ http://www.globalequality.org/newsroom/latest-news/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia |