Elena Grigoryeva

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Jelena Grigoryeva (born 1977 or 1978 ; died July 21, 2019 in St. Petersburg ) was a Russian human rights activist .

life and work

Jelena Grigoryeva lived in Saint Petersburg and was committed to discriminated or excluded groups, for example:

She showed one of her individual protests with her mouth taped shut and a sign: “There are more than five million LGBT people in Russia. Because of the ignorance and hatred of society they live in hiding. ”Demonstrations by several people for LGBT rights are officially prohibited in Russia and are punishable by law.

On the evening of July 21, 2019, her body was found in the neighborhood where she lived. The body had stab wounds and strangulation marks. She was found around 12 to 16 hours after the crime. As a result, a previously convicted Kyrgyz was arrested as a suspect, the crime is assessed by the investigation as the result of a "personal conflict". The investigators have evidence that "the murder took place in the context of a personal conflict," the suspect had injured her while drunk eight times with a knife in the face and back. The St. Petersburg LGBT organization Wichod expressed doubts about the results of the investigation and demanded the publication of the alleged evidence that there were no other motives for the crime.

Grigoryeva was threatened several times by the media before the murder. The St. Petersburg news site "Fontanka" reported that she and other activists were listed on a website that called for acts of violence against homosexuals and their supporters. Homophobic activists had bragged about attacks there. Grigoryeva and her lawyer reported the threats to the police, but there was no “noticeable reaction”. The activist Dinar Idrissow and other human rights activists emphasized that Grigoryeva had been threatened with death several times. Two days before her violent death, she published instructions on how to behave on Facebook if one came into view of the militant group "Pila protiw LGBT" (saw against LGBT). This anonymous group keeps lists of potential victims and threatens them with "cruel gifts".

Political activities

Yelena Grigoryeva also made a name for herself as a human rights activist and political campaigner. She called for the protection of minorities and criticized Russia's Ukraine policy. She described Russian grievances on posters and walked with them through the streets of Russia. Political arrests of the LGBT movement in St. Petersburg took place on August 4th. The fight for LGBT was perceived as social resistance. Your name stands for democracy and anti-war movements.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The group also ran a website called Pila, which translates as saw, which mimicked the style of the horror film Saw . The site is currently offline (as of August 12, 2019)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung : activist for lesbians and gays killed in Russia , accessed on July 23, 2019
  2. ^ A b c Friedrich Schmidt: RUSSIAN LGBT ACTIVIST: First threatened, then stabbed , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 23, 2019, accessed on July 23, 2019
  3. ↑ Maxim Kireev: Tortured and Arrested - Sisters Kill Their Father , MDR , July 8, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019
  4. ↑ The police rate the murder of an LGBT activist as a "personal conflict". In: Zeit.de from July 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Die Presse (Vienna): Opposition activist murdered in St. Petersburg , accessed on July 23, 2019
  6. ↑ Deutsche Welle: Russian LGBT activist murdered , accessed on July 24, 2019
  7. ↑ blu.fm: Elena Grigoryeva murder , accessed July 24, 2019
  8. ↑ bbc: Russia LGBT activists detained during St Petersburg rally , accessed July 24, 2019
  9. ↑ The Guardian: St Petersburg murder victim was 'well-known LGBT rights activist' , accessed July 24, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Grigoryeva, Jelena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grigoryeva, Yelena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1977 or 1978
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2019
Place of death St. Petersburg