A rights group says the men are "mortal danger" Chechnya, where gay people face persecutn.
Contents:
- NO END TO CHECHNYA’S VLENT ANTI-GAY CAMPAIGN
- 2 GAY MEN WHO FLED CHECHNYA WERE ABDUCTED AND FORCIBLY SENT BACK
- CHECHNYA: ESPED GAY MEN SENT BACK BY RSIAN POLICE
NO END TO CHECHNYA’S VLENT ANTI-GAY CAMPAIGN
The Rsian LGBT Network has reported that May 2021, Chechen-speakg men abducted Ibragim Selimkhanov Mosw and forcibly returned him to Chechnya’s pal Grozny, where thori terrogated him about gay people the regn. In 2017 and 2019, Chechen thori orchtrated lethal purg of men perceived to be gay or bisexual.
2 GAY MEN WHO FLED CHECHNYA WERE ABDUCTED AND FORCIBLY SENT BACK
In 2017, as reports of the purge surfaced, gay and bisexual men began pg Chechnya, knowg the dangers they faced. In September 2017, jt months after pg Chechnya and arrivg Canada, a Chechen gay man Toronto faced threats.
CHECHNYA: ESPED GAY MEN SENT BACK BY RSIAN POLICE
Last year, wh help om the Rsian LGBT Network, two gay men fled Chechnya to Rsia to avoid further persecutn their untry.
Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic, has prevly claimed there are simply no gay people his untry. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Chechnya has long been acced of persecutg sexual moriTwo gay Chechen men who fled to Rsia after allegedly beg tortured have been returned to Chechnya and are "mortal danger", a rights group Rsian LGBT Network said Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev had been seized and returned by Rsian police. The group says they were later forcibly returned to thori Chechnya, a southern republic of people and other sexual mori face systematic persecutn predomantly Mlim Chechnya, where homophobia is regn's thorarian lear, Ramzan Kadyrov, has nsistently nied allegatns of illegal tentns and human rights and other ernment officials have even suggted there are no members of the LGBT+ muny source, RtersImage ptn, Chechen lear Ramzan Kadyrov (R) has nsistently nied allegatns of human rights abDpe official nials, dozens have e forward wh allegatns that they have been taed and tortured by thori bee of their sexual Magamadov and Mr Isayev are among LGBT Network said the men had arrived at a police statn the Chechen town of Gurm on Saturday.
"They are tired and ightened, " a spokman for the group, Tim Btsvet, told AFP news the ctody of Chechen thori, the men were "mortal danger", Mr Btsvet source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Chechnya has nied the existence of gay people the regnThe group has been monorg alleged ab Chechnya sce 2017, when dozens of gay people were reportedly 2019, the group alleged a h wave of persecutn and ab, accg Chechen police of killg two people unr torture. A ernment spokman dismissed that report as "plete li" said he was subjected to torture - cludg electric shocks and ptn, 'Rlan', a gay man who says he fled: "It's the extermatn of gay men"More on this story.