Council of Europe tackles Chechnya on gay torture, murders
The Council of Europe has tackled Chechen officials over the detention, torture and murder of gay people in the Russian republic. Frank Schwabe, a member …
The Council of Europe has tackled Chechen officials over the detention, torture and murder of gay people in the Russian republic. Frank Schwabe, a member …
As many as 40 people are feared to have been detained in a new wave of the crackdown, which is believed to have begun in December 2016.
Gay and bisexual men have allegedly been detained, tortured, and even killed in concentration camps in the region.
Protests have taken place in 27 countries to date.
The woman faced harassment when she moved to Moscow and was stabbed in 2015 by a Chechen attacker.
The protest is being organised amid reports of more than 100 gay men detained in prisons.