The Orenburg Regional Court commuted the sentence for organizing LGBT parties
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The Orenburg Regional Court reduced the sentences of a club owner and two employees convicted of organizing LGBT-themed events, reducing the punishment from a maximum of seven years to six years and ten months in a general regime colony.
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In June, the court of first instance found the owner of the club and two employees guilty of organizing LGBT-themed events, qualifying this as participation in the activities of an extremist organization, and imposed a sentence of two years, three months to seven years in a general regime colony.
The criminal panel of the Orenburg Regional Court commuted the sentence of the owner of a local club and two of his employees for organizing LGBT* parties, reducing the terms of imprisonment by several months, the joint press service of the regional courts told RIA Novosti.
On Tuesday, the Orenburg Regional Court considered appeals against the verdict of the owner, administrator and art director of a local bar. They became defendants in the case of organizing and participating in the activities of an extremist organization. The court of first instance found that they organized events united by the theme of demonstrating their belonging to persons of non-traditional sexual orientation*. In June, the defendants were sentenced to two years, three months to seven years in a general regime colony.
As a result of the appeal, the terms of imprisonment for the defendants were reduced: the first - to six years and ten months, the second - to six years, the third - to two years.
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- What specific events were organized and considered extremist?
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- How will this decision affect the practice of applying LGBT legislation in the regions?
