Gays Rounded Up and Arrested in Chechnya

[arthwollipot]

Three gay men dead and over 100 arrested in Chechnya, Russian newspaper reports

More than 100 gay men have vanished from the streets of Chechnya and several may have been killed, Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has reported.

The Moscow-based newspaper – known for its investigative reporting – said it had confirmed rumours which had been swirling for a week about mass round-ups, detention and violence against gay men in the southern Russian territory.

The crackdown appears to include vigilante violence and a wave of arrests – at least three people have been killed so far, the paper reported.

 

[Gilbert Syndrome]

Three gay men dead and over 100 arrested in Chechnya, Russian newspaper reports

I sadly find myself less and less surprised by anything that happens in or around Russia.

 

[baron]

Swathes of Russia are little better than Mosul under Islamic State.