A new video produced by Human Rights First and The Russian Speaking American LGBT Association (RUSA LGBT) adds to the growing lot of sobering personal accounts of the atrocities gay men are facing in Chechnya.
“The video features stories from survivors of the Chechen camps who have made it out to safety. Read by gay Russian asylees in the United States, the messages, we hope, will drive home for viewers how horrifying the situation truly is,” says HRF.
Related: Hundreds gather in London to protest Chechen attacks on gay men
Human Rights First’s Shawn Gaylord added:
How about we take this to the next level?
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“Gay men are being treated like animals. They’re rounded up, they’re detained, they’re tortured, a few have been murdered. All of this has been inflicted upon them by the very people sworn to protect them. The world needs to act. We’re calling on the administration and Congress to speak out against these horrific human rights abuses. The stories coming from those lucky enough to survive and make it out are harrowing. We felt that by sharing them we could put this nightmare in perspective for the many people that have only read about it in a newspaper. We partnered with gay Russian men from the Russian-Speaking American LGBT Association because who better to share these accounts than those who have fled similar persecution. Our hope is that this will drive action, our hope is that it will help achieve justice.”
Watch below, and head here if you’re looking for ways you can help:
Government forces in the Russian republic of Chechnya are abducting and torturing gay men. At least three were murdered. Hear these members of the Russian gay community read personal accounts from survivors and sign our petition urging the U.S. government to act http://bit.ly/2nEXmzJ #EyesOnChechnya RUSA LGBT – Russian-Speaking American LGBT Association
Posted by Human Rights First on Thursday, April 20, 2017
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
And yet the the man I’m gonna have to hold my noise to (futilely) vote for in the forlorn hope of booting out the UK Tory party and overturning Brexit hasn’t said a damn word. What is it about these (literal) trots and their continued love for Russia and other dodgy gay-persecuting regimes. Oh yeah anti-Americanism and anti-Israel. And ultimately anti-imperialism. Oh the irony, komrades!
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
*nose not noise. Ain’t never gonna hold my noise
emily44568798
just as Benjamin responded I’m startled that a mother can make $9059 in one month on the internet . Get the facts
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pecsflex123
Who is doing the killing, torture, etc., of gay men????
Why is it that the truth is not fully revealed????
Chechnya is 90 plus percent muslim!!!!
Does any one have the balls to state the truth about ISLAM!
I GET SO UPSET AND ANGRY WITH OUR GAY COMMUNITY BEING SO,,,”I don’t want to hurt anybodies feelings” attitude. There are also many muslims who are gay who live in the USA! I have a dear friend who is gay and muslim. He does not know how to get out of it and being OUT without being harmed or murdered by other muslims and possibly from his own family!
SPEAK UP AND STOP PACIFYING ISLAM!
CHECHNYA IS ISLAMIC COUNTRY UNDER RUSSIA. ISLAM IS MEAN TOWARDS GAY PEOPLE, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, HINDUS, BUDDHIST, AND SO FORTH.