London Independent
May 3, 2017
Chechen police are reportedly urging parents to kill their gay children, according to survivor testimony from one man held in a “gay torture camp” in the country.
Authorities have been telling parents of gay men to “sort it out” or the state will intervene, the victim, who has not been identified, claimed.
The latest account of systematic LGBT persecution comes just a month after Chechen authorities allegedly rounded up more than 100 men who were suspected to be gay. Many were tortured and at least four are alleged to have been killed, according to a Russian newspaper and human rights campaigners.
“We’ve always been persecuted, but never like this,” the victim told France24.
“Now they arrest everyone. They kill people, they do whatever they want.”
This article was posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 8:21 am
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