Russian LGBTQ activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova goes on hunger strike
Over the weekend, artist and LGBTQ rights activist Yulia Tsvetkova, who is facing charges for the criminal distribution of pornography over drawings she posted on social media, announced a hunger strike. In a Facebook post published on the activist’s behalf by her mother, Anna Khodyreva, Tsvetkova said her main demand is for the authorities speed up the consideration of her case, which has been drawn out for nearly two years.