Occupy Pedophilia

“Occupy Pedophilia,” is a Russian vigilante group founded by Maxim Sergeyevich Martsinkevich. Members of the group are alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles under the guise of meeting other LGBT youth. The encounters are often recorded and then posted online. The group is said to equate homosexuality to pedophilia, and is also alleged to target gay men and subject them to similar abusive treatment.

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Six men who tortured gay teens and posted the footage online have been jailed

Friday, October 16, 2015

The group manipulated several young men by luring them to "dates," where they'd be taken to the woods or an apartment, tortured, and filmed.

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Prison sentence reduced for leader of Russian anti-gay vigilante group

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

MOSCOW -- The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth into abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, and who is serving five years in prison…

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Russian anti-gay extremist sentenced to five years in penal colony

Sunday, August 17, 2014

MOSCOW -- The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia,” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, was sentenced Friday to five years in a…

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WATCH: British TV documentary reports on brutal attacks on LGBT Russians

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

LONDON – Just days ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, a new documentary airing Wednesday on Britain's Channel 4 sheds new light on the violent, homophobic attacks on LGBT Russians.

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Human Rights Watch video documents increased violence against LGBT Russians

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

NEW YORK -- The advocacy group Human Rights Watch released a video Tuesday documenting the increased violence against LGBTQ Russians.

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Leader of anti-gay Russian vigilante group back in Russia and under arrest

Monday, January 27, 2014

MOSCOW -- The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia,” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, is back on Russian soil Monday and in…

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Leader of Russian anti-gay extremists who target LGBT youth arrested in Cuba

Saturday, January 18, 2014

HAVANA, Cuba -- Cuban law enforcement officials on Friday arrested and detained the leader of a Russian anti-gay extremist group, according to a source in the Russian Federal Security Services, the Investigation Committee of the Russian…

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Leader of anti-gay Russian extremist group flees to Cuba

Friday, January 10, 2014

HAVANA -- The founder of the anti-gay Russian extremist group “Occupy Pedophilia” has fled Ukraine, where he was hiding to avoid arrest by Russian authorities for a series of criminal homophobic assaults against LGBTQ people, and…

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Former ‘X Factor’ contestant terrorized by Russian anti-gay extremists

Sunday, December 1, 2013

SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine -- A former contestant of the Ukrainian franchise of the British talent competition, "The X Factor," was attacked and physically abused by Russian anti-gay extremists last week, according to prosecutors and the victim's attorney.

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Russian anti-gay extremist under criminal investigation, reportedly flees country

Monday, November 11, 2013

MOSCOW -- Russian authorities have initiated criminal proceedings against a Russian ultra-nationalist responsible for several homophobic assaults on LGBT persons, including attacks on citizens from Ukraine, Iraq, and South Africa.

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