Week-ending 14 February 2020
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: LGBTI AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST UNDER ARREST: YULIA TSVETKOVA
Russian activist and artist, Yulia Tsvetkova, is facing prosecution and harassment for defending women’s and LGBTI rights. She has been under house arrest since 22 November, under absurd charges of “production and dissemination of pornography” for her drawings of the female body. She is facing up to six years in prison if convicted. Yulia Tsvetkova is a prisoner of conscience and must be immediately and unconditionally released. Amnesty International, 13 February 2020
