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4. They deny as they deny there are any gay men

Reply to grossproffit (Original post)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 01:01 PM

Apr 2017

in the country - talk about homophobia. I hope the international community comes down hard on them. It is part of Russia, so under their jurisdiction - what is Moscow going to do about it?

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Chechnya detains 100 gay men in first concentration camps since the Holocaust [View all] grossproffit Apr 2017 OP

No surprises. Behind the Aegis Apr 2017 #1

Just to be clear, Kadryov was installed by Putin and is pro-Kremlin. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2017 #2

That was among my first two reactions too. It's not Chechnya. Its Russia/Putin who controls Chechnya stevenleser Apr 2017 #5

I warned people this would happen. Repression against LGBT is why I started boycotting Russian media stevenleser Apr 2017 #3

They deny as they deny there are any gay men treestar Apr 2017 #4

That's my hope as well. This can not be allowed to happen. grossproffit Apr 2017 #6