Affiliated media: Deutsche Welle (Germany), YouTube channel

Incident date: May 28, 2024

Attack type:

• request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

The Krasnogvardeysky District Court of St. Petersburg has banned the distribution of a Deutsche Welle video clip about an action in defence of LGBT rights — a queer ballet in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. According to the prosecutor’s office, the content of the video «arouses interest in non-traditional sexual relations». The material was published on January 11, after the decision to ban the «international LGBT movement» in Russia as an extremist organisation came into force.