Chechnya: Stop Abducting and Killing Gay Men

  • by: Amnesty International Canada
  • recipient: Sergei Vasilievich Sokolov, Acting Head of the Investigation Committee for the Chechen Republic

Over a hundred men suspected of being gay have been abducted, tortured and even killed in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya according to credible sources inside the country.

The Chechen government won't admit that gay men even exist in Chechnya, let alone that they ordered what the police call 'preventive mopping up' of people they deem undesirable. We urgently need your help to call out the Chechen authorities on the persecution of people who are, as they put it, of 'non-traditional orientation', and urge immediate action to ensure their safety.

According to independent daily newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, more than 100 men suspected of being gay have been abducted as part of a coordinated campaign. It claims the men have been tortured and otherwise ill-treated, and three are reported to have been killed by their captors – but there could be more.

Call on Chechen authorities to urgently investigate these reports of serious human rights violations against gay men and hold those responsible to account.


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