A Russian visual artist who was facing three years in prison for her sketches depicting nude women has been acquitted in a rare legal victory for one community rights activist LGBT+ in Russia.
Julia Tsvetkova was arrested in 2019 and charged with distribution of pornographic material after posting sketches on social media as part of a series of projects aimed at questioning body image in the media.
It was then characterized foreign agent and spent four months under house arrest, in a move that supporters say is linked to activism and campaigning for feminism issues and LGBTI+ rights.
The Russian human rights organization Memorial identified Tsvetkova as political prisoner and asked for her release.
As the Athens News Agency reports, today a court in the city of Komsomolsk on the Amur, in eastern Russia, acquitted Tsvetkova, according to a Telegram channel set up by her supporters. Last month prosecutors had requested that he be sentenced to three years imprisonment.
“The three-year ordeal has ended with a victory for the defense,” Tsvektova’s supporters said on social media. “We are happy, but not completely yet. The prosecution has 10 days to file an appeal.”
This is a rare development for a Russian woman activistin a country where over 99% of court cases result in a conviction.
Backed by the ultra-conservative Russian Orthodox Church, Russian President Vladimir Putin has passed a series of laws over the past decade to curtail the rights of the LGBTI+ community and protect what he calls “traditional values.”
Source: News Beast
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