Justin's Political Corner

Moscow’s most powerful court has ruled to uphold a ban on LGBT pride parades in the Russian capital for 100 years, according to the BBC. The ruling places a major Russian city athwart the directives of the European Court of Human Rights for a second time with regards to LGBT rights in suits brought by that country’s most prominent LGBT activist, Nikolay Alexeyev.

Moscow officials insist that LGBT pride parades would pose a risk to public safety and that the majority of the the city’s population are against equal rights for LGBT people. Alexeyev has successfully sued the city of St. Petersburg for arresting him under a law which banned all discussion of LGBT equality on the grounds that it constitutes “homosexual propaganda.” The European Court ruled against the city and ordered Russia to pay damages to Alexeyev.

In the face of Friday’s ruling, Alexeyev vowed to go back before the Court in Strasbourg to have the capital city’s ban on parades branded unjust. In September, Europe’s main human rights oversight agency, The Council of Europe will rule on Russia’s handling of a previous LGBT rights citation.

h/t: David Ferguson at The Raw Story