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25 October 2022 Responding to the news that a Russian court has upheld lengthy prison terms for Chechen LGBTI siblings Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, who stand falsely accused of “aiding illegal armed groups,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The court’s decision today is the final step in this […]

A court in Chechnya has sentenced a pair of LGBT+ siblings to almost a decade behind bars on seemingly bogus charges.

Chechen Police ‘Kidnap’ Two Brothers in Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown Anna Nemtsova © Provided by The Daily Beast Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images MOSCOW — The Islamist insurgency in Chechnya was crushed long ago, but the harsh security services apparatus remained in place. Police routinely round up gay men, and reports of torture are well documented. In a new development, these police have now arrested ethnic Chechen gay men far from Chechnya. Security agents detain...

LGBTQ Victorians celebrated Australias groundbreaking ban on conversion therapy February 4, calling the bill "gold-standard legislation" that other states should follow. The bill will become law, local television news reported. Lawmakers in Victorias upper house of the states parliament overwhelmingly voted 29-9 to pass the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition bill. Victoria Member of Parliament Andy Meddick, a proud father of two "perfect" transgender children, said, "they ...

Gay couple in mortal danger in detention in Chechnya after arrest in Russia, says NGO

The Russian LGBT Network has warned that two young gay men from Chechnya who were seized in Nizhny Novgorod and driven by car back to the North Caucasus region face "mortal danger."