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Russian Police Clear Seized Children's Art of Gay Propaganda Violation

The drawings were confiscated from a school art exhibit celebrating the UN’s International Day for Tolerance after some parents complained.

Russian police cleared children's drawings seized from a school art exhibition as not violating the country's "gay propaganda" law.

A total of 17 drawings (some pictured below) were confiscated from the show last month, celebrating the UN’s International Day for Tolerance, in the city of Yekaterinburg after parents complained that they depicted same-sex couples. The work was created by students ranging from the 5th to 11th grades.

One depicts silhouettes of an opposite-gendered couple, as well as two same-sex couples, one male-male and one female-female, with the words, "We are not given to choose appearance, orientation, or race. We are all unique in our own way." Another was cited as potentially in violation of the law because it depicted a rainbow.

The Yekaterinburg branch of the Interior Ministry ruled there were no signs of any laws being broken, Russian media outlet Interfax reported on Wednesday.

The anti-gay law, passed in 2013, prohibits educating minors about homosexuality. It has been routinely used to crackdown on Pride marches and demonstrations, and was recently ruled a violation of civil rights by the European Court of Human Rights.

Earlier this year, the first minor, Maxim Neverov, 16, was arrested under the law, but was found not guilty when a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence against him.

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