Gay community in grozny, russia

Anti-gay purges in Chechnya Anti-gay purges in Chechnya, a part of the Russian Federation, have included forced disappearances, secret abductions, imprisonment, torture and extrajudicial killing by authorities targeting persons based on their perceived sexual orientation, primarily gay men.

Only one of the police officers was in uniform, and after showing his ID, he told Yusuf, who is using an alias, that he had to go with them to the police station. They drove me from Izberbash to Mahachkala. Dagestan is part of the North Caucasus region in southern Russia.

After fleeing Chechnya, four gay men spoke to me about bribery, secret meetings and their plans to return home when the region’s brutal anti-LGBT campaign comes to an end. Русский.

There has been international outcry over the reported persecution of gay men in Chechnya. Dozens of gay men who fled persecution in Chechnya are hoping to find safety in a handful of countries that have volunteered to help. Activists are in talks with five countries, two of them non-EU, the Russian LGBT Network told the BBC.

In and , Chechen authorities orchestrated lethal purges of men perceived to be gay or bisexual. Government critics and other undesirables in Chechnya risk retaliation from a ruthless security apparatus, with scant avenues for recourse. Authorities control virtually all aspects of social life, including politics, religion, academic discourse, and family matters.

GROZNY, Russia -- Ricky said he had known the man who betrayed him for 10 years. He was 19 and for most of his life he had lived a relatively sheltered life near Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.

Dozens of LGBT people have allegedly been rounded up and tortured. GROZNY, Russia -- Ricky said he had known the man who betrayed him for 10 years. He was 19 and for most of his life he had lived a relatively sheltered life near Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, the autonomous republic in southern Russia.