Eyewitness describes horrors of anti-LGBT Chechen purge
Russian officials had been largely ignoring international appeals for a probe of last spring’s round-up, imprisonment and torture…
Death toll from anti-gay Chechen purge rises to 27?
The Russian Novaya Gazeta newspaper released the names of 27 men, ages 18 to 33, who allegedly were…
Russian court OKs gay journalist's appeal, blocks deportation
A gay journalist from Uzbekistan has been spared deportation from Russia, at least temporarily, after pleading that he…
Chechnya's anti-gay crackdown resumes, activist says
After Ramadan ended on June 24, Chechnya again started arresting its LGBT citizens, says Igor Kochetkov of the…
Chechnya investigators told: 26 illegal killings in 2017
The names of 26 Chechen victims of extrajudicial killings so far in 2017 have been delivered to Russian…
'A miracle happened': 300 rally for LGBT rights in St. Petersburg
Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, gave LGBT demonstrators a pleasant surprise: In contrast to previous years’ harassment, police…
Chechnya threatens journalists for reporting mass arrests
LGBT people aren’t the only ones who are at risk of official violence in Chechnya. Chechen leaders have…
Report: Chechnya opens concentration camps for homosexuals
The Russian republic of Chechnya has reportedly sent gay men that it arrested last week to secret prisons…