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Offline TomSea

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Russia: Investigators to Open Case Into Gay Chechen Purge
« on: November 01, 2017, 07:57:33 pm »
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Investigators to Open Case Into Gay Chechen Purge
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Chechen investigators are pursuing a gay man’s allegations that was tortured by police because of his sexual orientation, the Interfax news agency reported. 

Dozens of gay men are believed to have fled the Muslim-majority region in the Russian North Caucasus amid reports of a government led crackdown. Both Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and the Kremlin deny claims of any systematic suppression of gay men.

Maxim Lapunov is the first man in Russia to publicly charge that local police detained and tortured him in Chechnya early last year.

Read more at: https://themoscowtimes.com/news/investigators-to-open-case-Into-gay-chechen-purge-59444

Offline Frank Cannon

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Re: Russia: Investigators to Open Case Into Gay Chechen Purge
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2017, 08:04:04 pm »
Give me a break. Putin and the Soviets hate gays.