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World|life|April 12, 2017 / 11:23 AM
More than 100 gay men 'sent to prison camps' in Chechnya

AKIPRESS.COM - Gay men are being held in “camps” in the Chechen Republic where they are subjected to torture and beatings, Independent reported citing human rights activists.

The claims follow reports last week that 100 gay men had been rounded up and imprisoned in Chechnya, with at least three people allegedly murdered. The allegations were made by a Russian newspaper and human rights campaigners.

“In Chechnya, the command was given for a ‘prophylactic sweep’ and it went as far as real murders,” independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta claimed.

At the time, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s spokesperson denied the claims on the grounds that no one in Chechnya is homosexual.

“You cannot arrest or repress people who just don’t exist in the republic,” spokesman Alvi Karimov told Interfax.

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