Anti-gay purges in Chechnya - Wikipedia
WEBAnti-gay purges in Chechnya, a part of the Russian Federation, have included forced disappearances, secret abductions, imprisonment, torture and extrajudicial killing by authorities targeting persons based on their perceived sexual orientation, primarily gay men.
Setting the Record Straight on Chechnya’s Anti-Gay Purge
WEBSep 12, 2023 · In early 2019, Chechen police rounded up and tortured more men because of their presumed sexual orientation. Realizing they would never get the Russian authorities to do their job and...
'Welcome to Chechnya' documents horrifying persecution of …
WEBJul 1, 2020 · Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the autonomous region of Russia, enacted a campaign in 2017 to find, imprison, torture and sometimes kill LGBTQ Chechens. Many who survived imprisonment have...
No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign
WEBAug 31, 2021 · In 2017 and 2019, Chechen authorities orchestrated lethal purges of men perceived to be gay or bisexual. The award-winning documentary “Welcome to Chechnya” details the purge and also...
The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya’s Purge - The New Yorker
WEBJun 26, 2017 · Some media reports have claimed that Chechnya has confined gay men to “concentration camps,” but survivors’ testimony points to the existence of half a dozen detention facilities, where men...
A Victim of the Anti-Gay Purge in Chechnya Is Speaking Out | TIME
WEBJul 26, 2019 · Dzhabrailov is one of at least dozens of men who were detained and tortured in an anti-gay “purge” that took place in Chechnya in 2017, according to news reports, human rights organizations and...
Chechnya: Escaped gay men sent back by Russian police
WEBFeb 6, 2021 · Two gay Chechen men who fled to Russia after allegedly being tortured have been returned to Chechnya and are in "mortal danger", a rights group says. The Russian LGBT Network said Salekh...
How a Russian Journalist Exposed the Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya
WEBJun 10, 2017 · This spring, news of a campaign of repression against gay men in Chechnya, a republic in Russia’s North Caucasus, began to appear in the United States and Europe. Dozens of men suspected of...
'Welcome To Chechnya' Chronicles Abuses Against Its LGBTQ Citizens - NPR
WEBJul 8, 2020 · It began with a drug raid when police arrested a young man and found sexually explicit images of men on his phone. He was tortured and forced to name those men, who were then also arrested,...
LGBT community in Chechnya faces ‘new wave of persecution
WEBFeb 13, 2019 · People in Chechnya who are suspected of being lesbian, gay or bisexual, are facing a “new wave of persecution” following a spate of killings involving torture, and other rights abuses, said a...
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