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Chechen Leaders Charged Over Alleged 'Gay Purge,' LGBTQ+ Torture The charges will be brought in Germany, as the law allows for prosecution of crimes against humanity in their courts when international efforts fail. April 21 2021 10:26 AM EDT Five top members of Ramzan Kadyrov’s government in Chechnya may finally be brought to justice for their roles in the state-sanctioned “gay purge” that began in 2017. According to a report in The Guardian, general prosecutors in German have filed a 97-page charging document against five leading Chechan officials including deputy prime minister Abuz...

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic and leader of the gay purge (Sasha Mordovets/Getty) Five leaders of the horrifying Chechen “gay purge” could finally be charged with crimes against humanity thanks to a criminal case in Germany. The five officials are within the inner circle of Chechnya’s autocratic leader Ramzan Kadyrov, according to , and the charge sheet against them stretches 97 pages. It accuses the Chechen military and state apparatus of persecution, unlawful arrests, torture, sexual violence and incitement to murder at least 150 individuals on the basis of their sexua...

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 ...

EU To Sanction Two Chechens Over Repression Of Dissent, LGBT People March 17, 2021 10:32 GMT share Print EU ambassadors have given the green light to sanctions against two Chechen officials accused of involvement in the repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Chechnya and other individuals suspected of being opponents of the Moscow-backed leader of Russia’s North Caucasus region, Ramzan Kadyrov. Several EU sources told RFE/RL on March 17 under condition of anonymity that Abuzayed Vismuradov and Ayub Katayev were targeted with asset freezes and visa bans under ...