A transgender girl from Russia committed suicide in the Netherlands. This is the fifth such incident there this year.

A transgender girl from Russia, Antonina Babkina, committed suicide in the Netherlands. This was reported by the human rights organization LGBT World Beside. They noted that this is the fifth such case in the country in a year.

Babkina left Russia at the end of February 2022. In March, she flew to Amsterdam and applied for refugee, writes “That’s So.” In her Telegram channel, which has now been deleted, Babkina complained about the lack of medications and psychological help.

“After what happened to me, I began to hate the Netherlands. Because I was never restarted on antidepressants, I have withdrawal symptoms. [Organizations for refugees] don’t care that you have a mental disorder, they recognize everyone as healthy and, moreover, don’t even carry out trivial testing,” Babkina wrote in August 2022.

In September she complained that in the Netherlands it was impossible to get help even in crisis situations. “If you are mentally ill, it is better not to run to the Netherlands. If there is nowhere to run except the Netherlands, it is better to commit suicide in Russia right away,” Babkina wrote.

last entry in the telegram channel The girl made her on June 27, 2023. Babkina wrote that she would not stream due to depression.

At the end of December 2023, in the Netherlands, after being refused asylum, . a transgender girl, Katya Mikhailova from Moldova, committed suicide suicide In November, Russian Mikhail Zubchenko committed . And in February 2023, in the city of Drachten, in a refugee camp, a transgender girl, Hina Zakharova, committed suicide. She was also reportedly unable to obtain antidepressants. Nothing is known about another case of suicide.

At the end of November, the Supreme Court declared the non-existent “international LGBT movement” extremist and banned its activities in Russia. After this, many LGBT activists left Russia, and organizations reconsidered their working conditions in the country.

Updated at 15:30, corrected headline

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