LGBT-Network has exposed heo crim agast gay men Chechnya and helped evacuate people at risk to safety where they uld speak about atroci
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Reactg to the news that LGBT-Network, a proment Rsian group fendg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people, and five human rights lawyers om Komanda 29 have been add by the Mistry of Jtice to s list of “foreign agents”, Natalia Zviaga, Amnty Internatnal’s Mosw Office Director, said:. “LGBT-Network has exposed heo crim agast gay men Chechnya and helped evacuate people at risk to safety where they n speak about the atroci.
We ll on the Rsian thori to cease targetg the largt and most proment LGBTI rights group Rsia and foster a normal workg environment for activists for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, tersex and transgenr people the untry. * lgbt russia network *
The Rsian LGBT-Network played a ccial role the exposure of a btal “anti-gay” mpaign Chechnya durg which dozens of men were abducted, tortured and several believed to have been killed for their real or perceived sexual orientatn. The group also provid shelter for victims of homophobic attacks om Chechnya and elsewhere around the untry, and helped wh their relotn to safer lotns wh and outsi Rsia.