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US police officers competed alongside Chechen officers who tortured LGBTQ+ people
New York and San Antonio’s police forces played alongside the torturers in an international “Olympic” game for cops.
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Gay man from Chechnya who was tortured in a police station finally escaped Russia
He was outed by a group of local extortionists and held in a police station basement.
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Gay Chechen refugee arrested in Moscow, amid fears he’ll be tortured
He went back to Russia to attend his father’s funeral. Now he might never leave again.
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Who is Nikki Haley? Where does she stand on LGBTQ rights?
She’s no friend of LGBTQ people, but she’s not the worst Republican either.
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Russia shuts down the newspaper that broke the Chechnya gay torture camps story
The Novaya Gazeta was accused of violating Russia’s new wartime censorship law.
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Ukrainian LGBTQ activists fought & captured a group of Russian soldiers
LGBTQ Ukrainians across the country are fighting back against Putin’s invasion.
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Chechen leader behind gay torture & execution campaign killed in Ukraine
Magomed Tushayev was a top advisor to the Chechen head of state and an active part of the republic’s “purge” of LGBTQ people.
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Chechnya’s anti-LGBTQ leaders could face “crimes against humanity” charges over gay torture camps
The charges include persecution, unlawful arrests, torture, sexual violence, and incitement to murder of at least 150 people due to their sexual orientation.
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Joe Biden needs to address global LGBTQ rights. Here’s where he can start.
LGBTQ people face violence and severe repression around the world. Biden has the power to help in several countries.
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Two gay men escaped torture in Chechnya. Russian police are sending them back.
The teens were forced to make “apology videos.”