Gay community in grozny, russia

Anti-gay purges in Chechnya Anti-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. 1 Lapunov took his case to the European Court in May because the Russian authorities had failed to investigate his assault. I first met Lapunov nearly six years ago, when I moderated a news conference in Moscow at which he publicly told his story for the first time. 2 After fleeing Chechnya, four gay men spoke to me about bribery, secret meetings and their plans to return home when the region’s brutal anti-LGBT campaign comes to an end. Русский. 3 Dozens of LGBT people have allegedly been rounded up and tortured. GROZNY, Russia -- Ricky said he had known the man who betrayed him for 10 years. 4 Inside Chechnya’s gulag for gay men People suspected of being LGBTQ+ face shakedowns, torture, or being ‘volunteered’ to fight in Ukraine, rights groups say. 5 Only one of the police officers was in uniform, and after showing his ID, he told Yusuf, who is using an alias, that he had to go with them to the police station. They drove me from Izberbash to Mahachkala. 6 The Russian LGBT Network, an activist group, has been monitoring the situation in Chechnya and working to evacuate people from the region since reports of the crackdown emerged in 7 There has been international outcry over the reported persecution of gay men in Chechnya. Dozens of gay men who fled persecution in Chechnya are hoping to find safety in a handful of countries that have volunteered to help. 8 April 1, , marks four years since the world at large was first made aware of Chechnya’s gay purge — atrocities committed against LGBTQ people within the Russian republic’s borders, a horrific, ongoing stratagem of abduction, detainment, torture and murder. Gradually rebuked by Western governments over the years as first-hand[ ]. 9 In and , Chechen authorities orchestrated lethal purges of men perceived to be gay or bisexual. Government critics and other undesirables in Chechnya risk retaliation from a ruthless security apparatus, with scant avenues for recourse. 10 . 11