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A woman in Russia has been sentenced to five days in jail for wearing rainbow-coloured earrings, the human rights group Egida said, citing the woman’s lawyer. A court in Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, justified the sentence by saying the woman had worn “extremist symbolism.” A Russian Supreme Court ruling late last year designated the LGBT community as “extremist.” A few days ago, a video surfaced on social media showing the young woman sitting in a café wearing rainbow earrings. Her companion was wearing a small Ukrainian flag pin on his jumper. Both can be seen being harassed by a man who …

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