Chechen

A person holds a Ukrainian flag in a protest against war.

World
Oct 02 2024

Russia forcing Chechen gay men to fight in Ukraine, LGBTQ+ group claims

Pride
Jun 29 2024

LGBTQ+ activists march at Pride in London for gay Chechen man who was ‘thrown in pit and beaten’

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 21 2019

Chechnya gay purge: LGBT people ‘sexually assaulted with electric shock sticks’

Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko addresses journalists at a news conference in central London on April 20, 2018. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

UK
Jun 01 2018

Russian Ambassador: ‘There’s no homophobia in Russia – Putin met Elton John’

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)

World
Jan 08 2018

Chechnya refugees too traumatised to tell immigration officers they are gay

Gay-rights activists hold placards on February 14, 2011 during a rally against homophobia in Minsk. Gay rights activists said they held their first authorized action in Minsk. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo credit should read VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Affairs
Oct 25 2017

Gay clubs raided and dating app shut down in ‘alarming’ crackdown on LGBT people in Belarus

Many people are protesting against the 'gay genocide' in Chechnya

Current Affairs
Sep 08 2017

‘They laughed when I cried’: victims of Chechnya’s gay purge open up about their horrific abuse

Current Affairs
Sep 01 2017

31 gay and bi men rescued from Chechnya

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a white background.

Current Affairs
Aug 23 2017

Chechnya leader who oversaw gay purge has ordered men to take multiple wives

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a white background.

Current Affairs
Jul 19 2017

Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov: Families should kill their gay relatives

Illustrated rainbow pride flag on a white background.

Current Affairs
Jul 19 2017

Donald Trump’s White House has finally spoken out against the gay purge in Chechnya

Russia lgbt rights getty

Current Affairs
Jul 19 2017

Russian store refuses to hire gay man because of his ‘excessive grooming and provocative clothing’

Current Affairs
Jul 17 2017

Football legend Ronaldinho poses with ‘purge the gays’ Chechnya leader

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov

Current Affairs
Jul 11 2017

Chechnya: Names of 27 men slaughtered and buried in bloody night revealed as gay purge continues