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Russia blocks advocates for gay Chechens
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)
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Adam Shahidov, advisor to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, addressed last spring's assembly at the main mosque in Grozny, Chechnya, which called for retribution against journalists who reported on mass arrests of suspected gays in Chechnya. (Photo courtesy of Grozny TV and Novaya Gazeta)
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Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov denied the mass arrests of gay citizens, saying that "such people do not exist." (Photo courtesy of ABC News)
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Seroe Fioletovoe, also known as Grey Violet (Photo courtesy of Facebook via HRW)
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Location of Salekhard, Russia, along the Arctic Circle.
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