Russian woman charged with ‘producing pornography’ for sharing her drawings
Yulia Tsvetkova is a Russian LGBTI and women’s rights activist currently facing charges of creating and sharing “pornographic materials”, for sharing body positive drawings of women’s bodies on social media.
Yulia was also fined approximately 600 GBP in 2019, for acting as the administrator of two 18+ LGBTI communities on the Russian social media site, VKontakte.
During her most recent arrest, she said officers called her a “lesbian, sex trainer and propagandist leader”. She is facing up to six years in prison if convicted.
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Yulia has done nothing wrong. She is simply a victim of Russia’s anti-gay regime.
We cannot allow her to be sent to prison for her activism.
Yulia Tsvetkova is a prisoner of conscience, ask for her immediately release.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/yulia-tsvetkova-russia-lgbt-activist-drawing-female-body
Further Details
LGBTI hate crime
Yulia has been victim to a homophobic hate campaign since March 2019 when an anti-discrimination play she directed led to a police investigation on charges of ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors’, forcing her out of a job.
Since then she has been charged and fined heavily for running two LGBTI online groups.