10/10/2013
City Court of Saint-Petersburg dropped the lawsuit against LGBT organization “Coming Out” for breaking the law about “foreign agents” because the statute of limitation has expired.10/10/2013
City Court of Saint-Petersburg dropped the lawsuit against LGBT organization “Coming Out” for breaking the law about “foreign agents” because the statute of limitation has expired.14/09/2013
LGBT organization “Coming Out” vs. the Public Prosecutor Office: the battle continues
The case declaring “Coming Out” a foreign agent has been discussed among the LGBT community and their allies, as well as rights activists and politicians, for months. The activists and the state prosecutor continue to argue their cases, now in city court.10/09/2013
05/09/2013
14/08/2013
Case against Coming Out’s director terminated by the appeal court
Today, August 14, 2013, Vasileostrovsky disctrict court of St. Petersburg annulled the lower court’s decision to fine the director of the LGBT organization Coming Out the maximum amount of 300 000 rubles for violating the law on "foreign agents.”30/07/2013
LGBT Coming Out's "foreign agents" case sent back for re-trial
Today, July 25, 2013, Vasileostrovsky disctrict court of St. Petersburg repealed the decision made by the lower court to fine LGBT organization Coming Out 500 000 rubles for violating the law on "foreign agents", sending the case back to the magistrates’ court for re-trial.30/07/2013
23/07/2013
23/07/2013
Court found the gay pride legal
On July 9th 2013 started the first trials of the Saint-Petersburg Gay Pride participants. Every trial came to the same conclusion: the judge dismissed the cases for absence of criminal act.23/07/2013
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is concerned about LGBT youth in Russia