German NGO files legal case against Chechen officials over anti-gay purges
German NGO files legal case against Chechen officials over anti-gay purges Philip Oltermann in Berlin © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/TASS Five Chechen officials from the inner circle of its autocratic leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, are the subject of a criminal complaint in Germany for crimes against humanity, in a legal attempt to seek justice over the semi-autonomous Russian republic’s anti-gay purges. The 97-page charge sheet, extracts of which have been seen by the Guardian, accuses the Chechen military and state apparatus of persecution, unlawful ...
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