Russian activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova is facing absurd charges under Russia’s “gay propaganda laws”. She faces six years in prison if found guilty – simply because she posted art on social media.
Russian authorities arrested and charged Yulia with ‘production and dissemination of pornographic materials’ after she posted body-positive pictures on social media, as part of her women’s empowerment campaign. They later charged her with the same offence because she posted a drawing of an LGBTQI+ family.
When arrested, police raided her house She says that the officers verbally abused her, saying she was a ‘lesbian, sex trainer ...
Russian activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova is facing absurd charges under Russia’s “gay propaganda laws”. She faces six years in prison if found guilty – simply because she posted art on social media.
Russian authorities arrested and charged Yulia with ‘production and dissemination of pornographic materials’ after she posted body-positive pictures on social media, as part of her women’s empowerment campaign. They later charged her with the same offence because she posted a drawing of an LGBTQI+ family.
When arrested, police raided her house She says that the officers verbally abused her, saying she was a ‘lesbian, sex trainer and propagandist leader’.
This is not the first time Yulia has been targeted. She’s been harassed ever since March 2019 when she directed an anti-discrimination play; the authorities investigated her for ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors’.
Yulia has done nothing wrong. She is yet another person targeted under Russia’s anti-gay regime. We cannot allow her to be sent to prison for her activism.
Please help by emailing Russian authorities today demanding they drop the charges against Yulia.