2 killed, 40 detained in new gay purge in Chechnya
Source: AP
The Russian republic of Chechnya has launched a new crackdown on gays in which at least two people have died and about 40 people have been detained, LGBT activists in Russia charged Monday.
The new allegations come after reports in 2017 of more than 100 gay men arrested and subjected to torture, and some of them killed, in the predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia.
The Associated Press and other media outlets have interviewed some of the victims, who spoke about torture at the hands of Chechen law enforcement officers. Chechen authorities have denied those accusations, and federal authorities conducted a probe into the earlier reports but said they found nothing to support the charges.
Alvi Karimov, a spokesman for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, told the Interfax news agency on Monday that the latest reports are complete lies and dont have an ounce of truth in them. Karimov insisted that no one has been detained in Chechnya on suspicion of being gay.
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Solly Mack
(90,801 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,057 posts)Almost as sick as those who make excuses for this or deny it. This is the third attack like this. Sadly, most of the world will turn a blind eye.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Probably swept up a pedo or two to make it seem more legit.
SWBTATTReg
(22,205 posts)SunSeeker
(51,800 posts)mountain grammy
(26,668 posts)under this administration. THIS has happened here and will again!