Search results for "chechnya"
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Trump meets with Putin at G-20 Summit, but no mention of Chechnya
It remains unclear whether President Donald Trump brought up the topic of anti-gay abuses happening in the Russian republic of Chechnya when he met face-to-face...
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Activists say Chechnya has resumed attacking LGBTQ people
LGBTQ advocates call on U.S. officials to more forcefully condemn the anti-gay purge
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HRC to Trump: Address anti-gay persecution in Chechnya at G-20 summit
The president of the Human Rights Campaign has penned an open letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to speak out on and condemn...
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U.S. House passes resolution condemning anti-gay persecution in Chechnya
House calls on Chechen and Russian authorities, and the United States, to take steps to stop the anti-gay violence
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Chechnya leader: Purge of gay men is “absolute lies”
Ramzan Kadyrov invites French and German leaders to Chechnya, despite growing evidence of persecution
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French president calls on Putin to protect gays in Chechnya
French President Emmanuel Macron has joined a growing list of world leaders calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure that LGBTQ people in the...
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U.S. House introduces resolution condemning anti-gay persecution in Chechnya
A bipartisan group of House members have introduced a resolution condemning reports of anti-gay violence and persecution in the Russian Republic of Chechnya. The resolution,...
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Russian newspaper claims 26 gay men in Chechnya have been killed
The Russian newspaper that first reported on the persecution and detention of gay and bisexual men in secret prisons inside Chechnya is reporting that the total number...
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Russian investigation claims there are “no victims of persecution” in Chechnya
A Russian embassy claims that an investigation into anti-gay persecution in Chechnya has not found evidence to support allegations that gay men are being kidnapped,...
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Gay teenager thrown from building by family in Chechnya
Report comes from gay man who escaped Chechnya
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Angela Merkel urges Putin to investigate anti-gay purge in Chechnya
German chancellor also criticizes crackdown on protesters demonstrating against anti-gay persecution
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Russia arrested LGBTQ activists protesting treatment of gay men in Chechnya
Demonstrators were protesting against the abduction, abuse and murder of gay men in Chechnya
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Katie Couric grills Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Chechnya
On Friday, Yahoo! News’ Katie Couric grilled a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman about the ongoing persecution of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya and Russia’s response...
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U.S. Holocaust Museum condemns anti-gay persecution in Chechnya
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has released a statement comparing the ongoing anti-gay persecution in Chechnya to the internment and extermination of gay men...
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Marco Rubio denounces anti-gay human rights abuses in Chechnya
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) denounced the anti-gay pogrom currently going on in the Russian republic of Chechnya, where hundreds of gay men have been detained...
