These abuses are all part of a campaign against gay men in Chechnya. In this extremely conservative state, homosexuality considered a sin and a “stain on the family honor”. When the leader of Chechnya was asked to speak on behalf of these terrifying reports, he denied that gay people even lived in Chechnya and therefore the claims have to be false. To me, it seems highly probable that these reports are unfortunately true.
By
Hanna Skinner
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June 30, 2017
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Uplift