With the Winter Olympics due to kick off in Sochi in a few days time, Human Rights Watch has released a short documentary to coincide with this, which uses shocking footage to show just how bad it is for LGBT people in Russia.
Along with eye-opening interviews with Russian LGBT activists, who give their thoughts on what it’s like on the ground, there are videos gathered from the Internet of neo-Nazi groups who set out to violently attack and/or kidnap gay people. They then film it and then upload the video online. As at least one of these videos proves, many victims believe they are about to be murdered.
While many us have heard about these videos – most of which are shot by groups who’ve become increasingly bold since Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ ban came into force – it truly is shocking to see it. Take a look above.
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