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Russian activists urge IOC head Bach to investigate gay rights issue ahead of Sochi Olympics
PARIS – IOC President Thomas Bach has met with Russian gay rights activists who urged an investigation ahead of the Sochi Olympics into laws there banning “gay propaganda.”
International gay rights group AllOut says Russian campaigners asked Bach in Paris “to launch an independent investigation on the legal implications of the anti-gay laws in effect in Russia during the Olympic Games.”
AllOut says “the IOC will announce later” whether to investigate.
The International Olympic Committee and its sponsors have been pressed to take a stronger position against Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed off a law in June banning promotion of “nontraditional sexual relations” to minors.
The IOC has previously said Moscow assured that athletes and spectators will not face discrimination at the Feb. 7-23 Winter Games.
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