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# National Student Union calls for end to “deep injustice for LGBT community” in Russia
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/national-student-union-calls-for-end-to-deep-injustice-for-lgbt-community-in-russia/
- Published: 2014-02-01T20:37:08.000Z
- Updated: 2014-02-01T20:38:46.000Z
- Description: The National Union of Students (NUS) held their very own Sports Gay today – a protest to highlight Russia’s woeful human rights record in the lead up to the Sochi Winter Olympics. They staged a traditional sports day with an LGBT twist outside the Russian embassy in London rallying LGBT people and a
- Author: Besi
- Tags: News, Sport

## The National Union of Students (NUS) held their very own *Sports Gay* today – a protest to highlight Russia’s woeful human rights record in the lead up to the Sochi Winter Olympics.

![NUS Student Protest](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/web-6002.jpg)

**They staged a traditional sports day** with an LGBT twist outside the Russian embassy in London rallying LGBT people and allies to affirm that the LGBT community has a place in sport and they will not accept the community being discriminated against.

The NUS worked in conjunction with Amnesty Students,allies and sports teams from across the UK to make a stand against Russia’s anti-gay laws.

**The Campaign calls for:**

• President Putin to pledge not to arrest or detain anyone who is shown to be supporting LGBT rights during the Winter Olympics

• To call on the International Olympics Committee to honour Principle 6: *“Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement,”* in relation to Sochi and future Olympic venues

• David Cameron, Helen Grant and other MPs to condemn the treatment of LGBT people in Sochi and across Russia

• President Putin to lift the 100 year ban on Moscow Pride

**Sky Yarlett and Finn McGoldrick, NUS LGBT officers, said:** *“NUS LGBT believes that Putin’s Russia has become a place of intimidation and violence for LGBT people.*

*“The international community and corporate sponsors can no longer stand idly by and ignore these human rights violations. It is grotesque to think that what is meant to be a celebration will be masking deep injustice for the LGBT community in Russia”*