Russia opens investigation into music awards over 'gay propaganda'
State media regulator will examine if children were ‘properly protected from information that is harmful to their health and development’ during the show
Source: msn.com
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Chechnya opens terror inquiry into gay men forcibly returned from Moscow
Last modified on Mon 8 Feb 2021 06.59 EST Chechnya has opened a terrorism investigation into two gay men who fled the region last year but were arrested near Moscow last week and forcibly returned. The rights group that helped the men escape Chechnya, an autonomous Russian republic where the torture, detentions and killings of gay men have been reported since 2017, said they weren’t certain why exactly the men were being persecuted but that one of them had earlier been interrogated for sharing LGBTQ emojis in an online group. Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev, aged 20 and 17, were in the c...
Source: theguardian.com
2 Gay Men Sent Back to Chechnya Were 'Kidnapped' – Rights Group
The two men were detained in Nizhny Novgorod and sent back to the North Caucasus region.
Source: themoscowtimes.com
Chechnya: Escaped gay men sent back by Russian police
A rights group says the men are in "mortal danger" in Chechnya, where gay people face persecution.
Source: bbc.com
Duo face 'mortal danger' in Chechnya
Two gay men seized near Moscow this week and sent back to their native Chechnya, a region accused of brutal persecution against homosexuality, face “mortal danger,” a rights group said on Saturday. The LGBT Network rights group helped the two Chechen men, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev, flee Muslim-majority Chechnya for Nizhny Novgorod east of Moscow in June last year after they were reportedly tortured by Chechen special police. The two men were on Thursday detained for unknown reasons in Nizhny Novgorod, and have been sent back to the North Caucasus region, the group said in a statem...
Source: taipeitimes.com