The brutal persecution of LGBTQ 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. At least 2 of the people, whom authorities detained on suspicion of being gay or bisexual, have reportedly died after being held. Group says at least 40 people detained and 2 killed in a new 'anti-gay purge'. Moscow -- LGBT activists say they filed a complaint demanding Russian authorities open a criminal investigation into the alleged detention and torture of people as part of a suspected anti-gay campaign by security forces in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Detained, Tortured, Killed
Today, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a ruling in the case of Maxim Lapunov, the only victim of Chechnya’s vile anti-gay purge who dared seek justice for the torture he. From to , Chechen security forces arrested, imprisoned and tortured more than people. Most were gay or bisexual men. 
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About 20 protesters were detained Monday on the sidelines of a May Day parade in St. Petersburg, among them the leader of a group helping gay men escape Chechnya. The group is aware of at least seven such cases, with one of the gay men sent to the frontline having already been killed. In , reports started to emerge of serious human rights violations taking place in the Russian Republic of Chechnya, where gay men were held and tortured in a secret network of prisons.
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From to alone, Chechen security forces arrested more than people, took them to prison and tortured them. Most of them were gay or bisexual men. ECCHR and Russian LGBT Network submitted a criminal complaint in Germany. Gay Chechens were frantically closing their social media and messenger accounts out of fear that these online communities had been infiltrated by the local security services, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, which broke the story, reported. Even if a person captured in the crackdown was released due to an absence of evidence, he often faced another risk: a so-called honor killing at the hands of relatives seeking to wash the shame of being gay from their family.
Russians Protesting Abuse of Gay Men in Chechnya Are Detained
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Chechnya have long been a cause of concern for human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. As a member of the Russian Federation, Russia's LGBT laws formally apply. De facto, there are no protections for LGBT citizens, and the Chechen authorities allegedly encourage the killing of people. 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.
Two killed, 40 detained in new wave of gay purges in Chechnya
The crackdown seemed like something out of the Stalinist-era repressions: over gay men brutally detained — and at least three killed — in Chechnya, perhaps Russia’s most conservative and. . LGBT activists file criminal complaint over alleged gay
A Russian LGBT rights group has reported a new wave of persecution against gay people in Chechnya, in which it says around 40 people have been arrested and two killed. . GET THE FACTS
On April 1, , independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that Chechen authorities had detained more than one hundred gay men “in connection with their nontraditional sexual orientation, or suspicion of such.” According to the reports, three of the men had been killed, and the death. .