LGBT community in Chechnya face ‘new wave of persecution’: UN human rights experts

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People in Chechnya who are suspected of being lesbian, gay or bisexual, are facing a “new wave of persecution” following a spate of killings involving torture, and other rights abuses, said a group of independent UN human rights experts on Wednesday.

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February 13, 2019 at 10:06AM
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