Elena Milasha, a proment Rsian journalist who unvered the horrific crackdown on gay men Chechnya, was “severely beaten” alongsi a lawyer an attack the southern Rsian republic, acrdg to her employer Novaya Gazeta.
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JOURNALIST WHO REVEALED KILLG OF GAY MEN IN CHECHNYA BTALLY ATTACKED
Elena Milasha, a proment Rsian journalist who unvered the horrific crackdown on gay men Chechnya, has been beaten up alongsi a lawyer while visg the southern Rsian republic. Followg her reportg on a crackdown on gay men Chechnya 2017, Mlim clerics Chechnya lled for “retributn” agast her and other journalists. At the time, one wns who fled Chechnya after beg arrted told CNN that hundreds of gay men like him were beg round up by the thori and held appallg ndns at least three tentn centers.
The untry has a checkered rerd on gay rights, breakg up gay pri march and passg anti-gay propaganda laws. In rponse, Chechen lear and Kreml-backed strongman Kadyrov said there were no gay people his republic, and that if there were any they should be taken away om the regn. In 2017, she unvered that gay men Chechnya were beg taed, tortured and killed bee of their sexual orientatn.
Her vtigatn found that some men were tortured to givg the nam and ntacts of other gay men who were then taed, creatg a cycle of torture. At one pot after her vtigatn to the killg of gay men Chechnya was published she fled Rsia fearg for her safety, the New Yorker reported. RUSSIAN GAY JOURNALS.