Chechen lear's ments me after reports that gay men were beg taed and tortured.
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- RAMZAN KADYROV SAYS THERE ARE NO GAY MEN CHECHNYA — AND IF THERE ARE ANY, THEY SHOULD MOVE TO CANADA
RAMZAN KADYROV SAYS THERE ARE NO GAY MEN CHECHNYA — AND IF THERE ARE ANY, THEY SHOULD MOVE TO CANADA
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Allegatns about the vlence directed toward gay men Chechnya first appeared April, when the csadg Rsian newspaper Novaya Gazeta released a story cludg terviews wh men who said they had ped the vlence and wh LGBT support groups that had assisted them. Kadyrov's spokman, Alvi Karimov, appears to have preempted the thoughts of his boss, tellg Interfax that if a Chechen knew that a fay member was gay, that relative would “have sent them to where they uld never return. Activists say that few gay men Chechnya publicly acknowledge their sexualy.
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