ADDED ON: 02/17/2019
Ten Exiled LGBTQ Activists Speak
“We want to give a voice to those, who are not heard, whose voice has been taken,” Ali Feruz says. “Because the story of every human is at the same time the…
Russia
ADDED ON: 02/11/2019
Amnesty: Ukrainian Authorities ‘Slow To React’ To Attacks Against Journalists, Rights Advocates
Ukraine has failed to prevent or investigate “numerous” human rights violations committed last year against rights activists, political opponents, and ethnic minorities, according to Amnesty International. “2018 was marked by a sharp…
ADDED ON: 01/30/2019
Russian LGBT Network formally requests federal investigation on Chechnya amid death threats to director
The Russian LGBT Network has requested that Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee look into reports of renewed arrests, torture, and killings of those suspected of being LGBTQ in Chechnya, Mediazona reports. The Network has led…
ADDED ON: 01/29/2019
Londoners rally at Russian embassy demanding end to torture in Chechnya
The situation in Chechnya is urgent. That’s why nearly one hundred people flocked to a rally outside of the Russian embassy in London to call for an end to the persecution of gay men…
ADDED ON: 01/28/2019
Trump Administration Sits on Hands As Chechnya Disappears LGBT People
A violent crackdown on LGBT people in the Russian region of Chechnya has resulted in the arrest and torture of dozens of people so far. Advocates, attorneys, and activists say that the…
ADDED ON: 01/26/2019
In the deepness of Siberian closets
Until recently a flag, painted on the balustrade, contrasted the otherwise concrete-grey waterfront next to the Angara River, which trenches the city of Irkutsk into halves. Its rainbow colors attracted attention of…
ADDED ON: 01/24/2019
Activists Increase Efforts to Help LGBTI People Escape Chechnya Amid Ongoing Crisis
The Russian LGBT Network, which announced on January 14 that it had received word of a new wave of arrests and torture in the Russian republic of Chechnya, has begun facilitating the evacuation of…
ADDED ON: 01/22/2019
Activists say they are helping people flee new anti-gay purge in Chechnya
LGBT activists say they have begun helping people flee from the Russian republic of Chechnya amid what they claim is a new wave of detentions and torture targeting the gay community there. The LGBT Network, a…
ADDED ON: 01/21/2019
Russia website calls for ‘gay hunters’ to attack LGBTIs across the country
A website that gamified hunting gay men in Russia has been reactivated and is now calling for ‘gay hunters’ in several regions. In April 2018, Saw-inspired website пила (Russian for ‘saw’) came under fire as it…
ADDED ON: 01/20/2019
Activists: Chechen Authorities Order Families to Kill LGBT Family Members
Russian campaigners have told The Daily Beast that Chechen authorities have ordered people to kill LGBT members of their own families, and have demanded ransoms for the release of detained LGBT relatives. According to reports, at least…
ADDED ON: 01/17/2019
Chechnya Resumes its Anti-gay Purge
“Widespread detentions, torture and killings of gay people have resumed in Chechnya,” said Igor Kochetkov, program director for the Russian LGBT Network. He added, “Persecution of men and women suspected of being…
ADDED ON: 01/15/2019
New details emerge about what one source calls an anti-LGBTQ ‘genocide’
On Friday, January 11, Novaya Gazeta reported that persecution of individuals thought to be LGBTQ has drastically increased since late December in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Since then, Meduza has received additional information from the…
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