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Council of Europe presses Chechnya on alleged gay torture

danieldemol

danieldemol

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‘A Council of Europe official tackled Chechen officials about reports of the torture and detention of gay people, during a rare visit to the Russian republic on Saturday.

Frank Schwabe, a member of the Council's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) raised the issue with officials in Moscow and in the Chechen capital Grozny.

"There are very serious reports about violations against women, against LGBT people and about illegal detentions" in Chechnya, he told AFP.’

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Bob Jones

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danieldemol said:
‘A Council of Europe official tackled Chechen officials about reports of the torture and detention of gay people, during a rare visit to the Russian republic on Saturday.

Frank Schwabe, a member of the Council's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) raised the issue with officials in Moscow and in the Chechen capital Grozny.

"There are very serious reports about violations against women, against LGBT people and about illegal detentions" in Chechnya, he told AFP.’

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In general Russia pays only lip service to homosexual freedom,when in fact Russia proper is very much anti-homosexaul. I would suggest that Chenhen with its majority Muslim population is a contributing factor for the illegal arrest of homosexual people.
 
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