LGBT persecution in Russia: Ministry of Justice moves to designate the entire LGBT movement as an “extremist organisation”

On 17 November 2023, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the State’s Supreme Court, demanding the recognition of the “international public LGBT movement” as an “extremist organisation”. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisations, the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (ADC Memorial), and Citizen Watch strongly condemn this initiative, which will threaten any individual in Russia supportive in any manner of the LGBT cause.