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An activist stands naked, wrapped in a rainbow flag, in a mock cage in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on April 30, 2017, during a demonstration calling on Russian President to put an end to the persecution of gay men in Chechnya.
Current Affairs

Chechnya officials blame gay people’s ‘sick imagination’ for purge reports

Nick Duffy - January 20, 2019

Head of the Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov attends the plenary session at the United Russia Party's 18th convention in Moscow on December 8, 2018
Current Affairs

Chechnya detains people for being gay, renewing purge fears

Josh Jackman - January 11, 2019

World

Tanzania government distances itself from anti-gay purge

Nick Duffy - November 5, 2018

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Nick Duffy - June 23, 2018

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Nick Duffy - November 3, 2017

Egyptian family members of victims of the Port Said massacre react outside the Court of Cassation following the court's ruling in the case, in Cairo, on February 20, 2017. An Egyptian court upheld death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a stadium in Port Said in 2012, judicial and security officials said. The riot, the country's deadliest sports-related violence, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian police use Grindr to lure gay men to hotel rooms

Joseph McCormick - October 29, 2017

Egyptian family members of victims of the Port Said massacre react outside the Court of Cassation following the court's ruling in the case, in Cairo, on February 20, 2017. An Egyptian court upheld death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a stadium in Port Said in 2012, judicial and security officials said. The riot, the country's deadliest sports-related violence, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Four people have just been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt

Josh Jackman - October 14, 2017

ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks to Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, 05 May 2006. The pro-Russian prime minister of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said 02 May that his militia, accused of conducting a reign of terror, was being reassigned and placed under Russian command. "The structures no longer exist," the Itar-Tass news agency cited Kadyrov as saying about transferring responsibility for the militia which until now was part of the Chechen anti-terrorist unit. AFP PHOTO / ITAR-TASS / PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE (Photo credit should read SERGEI ZHUKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Kremlin insists Chechnya leader’s gay purge comments were ‘out of context’, despite video clip

Nick Duffy - July 17, 2017

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Chechnya leader describes gay people as the ‘devil’ and tells them to move to Canada

Meka Beresford - July 15, 2017

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov
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Activists say Chechnya has resumed its ‘purge’ of gay men

Joseph McCormick - July 7, 2017

Demonstrators lay roses on a rainbow flag as they protest over an alleged crackdown on gay men in Chechnya
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US Congress passes resolution condemning anti-gay purge in Chechnya

Joseph McCormick - June 27, 2017

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This Russian government official gave a chilling response to Chechnya’s gay purge

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