Russia. Chechnya is Russia. Putin's Russia. Reports of concentration camp-style prisons for gay men

[MelissaB]

Russia. Chechnya is Russia. Putin’s Russia. This is happenening in Russia. The one on the UN Security Council. -Mig Greengard (twitter)

Link to tweet

Worrying reports emerging of concentration camp-style prisons for gay men in Chechnya. Call for their safety: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop-abducting-and-killing-gay-men-chechnya

Chechnya: stop abducting and killing gay men

Hundreds of men suspected of being gay are being abducted, tortured and even killed in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya.

The Chechen government won’t admit that gay men even exist in Chechnya, let alone that they ordered what the police call 'preventive mopping up' of people they deem undesirable. We urgently need your help to call out the Chechen government on the persecution of people who are, as they put it, of 'non-traditional orientation', and urge immediate action to ensure their safety.

[MelissaB]

1. Mig Greengard's tweet

and discussion on the topic:

Link to tweet

[DetlefK]

2. Putin got 107% in Chechnya in the last election. They clearly love him.