Chechnya

Ukrainian military medic Ivan Honzyk's most popular post on Instagram. (Photo courtesy of Ivan Honzyk via NBC News)
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Petition calls for release of gay Chechen man
Petition seeks freedom for Chechen man suspected of homosexuality
Chechnya’s top homophobe urges anti-LGBT Arabs to fight in Ukraine
Fellow homophobes: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov (left) shares a laugh with Russian President Vladimir Putin (File photo courtesy of The Telegraph)
Putin and Kadyrov: Two homophobes go after Ukraine
Chechnya’s homophobic strongman claims he’s fighting against Ukraine
Petition launched to stop persecution of LGBT rights defenders in Russia
Chechnya seizes gay men who fled 1,000 miles seeking safety
Going behind the scenes as queer Chechens were rescued
Russian repression: How queer women of N. Caucasus survive
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Chechnya: Daughter seeks criminal charges over ‘gay exorcism’
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Under the regime of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen forces arrested and incarcerated about 100 allegedly gay citizens in 2017. Kadyrov denies that the persecution occurred, taking the absurd position that “such people do not exist.” (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
Renewed attacks on gay Chechens and their rescuers
Protester appeals for respect for the LGBT community in Chechnya.
Chechnya: Islam + tribal honor = danger for gays
Chechen leader Ramzan_Kadyrov, who denies that there are any gays in Chechnya. (Kremlin photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Chechnya resumes its anti-gay purge
Barents Pride (Photo courtesy of RFE/RL)
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