anti-gay purge

Gay men in Chechnya tortured in renewed anti-gay crackdown, says report

Current Affairs
May 08 2019

Gay men in Chechnya tortured in renewed anti-gay crackdown

An activist displays a rainbow flag in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on April 30, 2017, during a demonstration calling on Russian President to put an end to the Chechnya anti-gay purge.

Current Affairs
Jan 30 2019

Chechnya anti-gay purge: LGBT activists file criminal complaint amid threats

Demonstrators lay roses on a rainbow flag as they protest over an alleged Chechnya anti-gay purge outside the Russian Embassy in London on June 2, 2017.

Current Affairs
Jan 14 2019

Chechnya anti-gay purge: ’40 gay people detained, two dead’

Crime
Aug 21 2018

First minor prosecuted under Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law appeals fine

Crime
Aug 08 2018

Russian teenager persecuted under anti-gay propaganda law for ‘posting pictures’

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)

Current Affairs
Oct 29 2017

Egyptian police use Grindr to lure gay men to hotel rooms

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)

Current Affairs
Oct 14 2017

Four people have just been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov

Current Affairs
Jul 07 2017

Activists say Chechnya has resumed its ‘purge’ of gay men