Chechnya detains 100 gay men in first concentration camps since the Holocaust

[grossproffit]

More than 100 gay men have been detained in concentration camp-style prisons in the Russian region of Chechnya, according to reports by local newspapers and human rights organisations.

The arrests are being made as part of a widespread anti-LGBT purge in the area. The prison camps are the first to be established for LGBT people since the Second World War.

The information was first published by the Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper, which reported that men were being arrested and kept in concentration camp prisons where violence and abuse is commonplace.

Repressions against the LGBT community began after an application for a gay rights march in the Chechen capital of Grozny.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/chechnya-detains-100-gay-men-first-concentration-camps-since-holocaust-1616363

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4397118/Chechnya-opens-concentration-camp-homosexuals.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chechnya-gay-men-concentration-camps-torture-detain-nazi-ramzan-kadyrov-chechen-russia-region-a7677901.html

[Behind the Aegis]

1. No surprises.

Most people will turn a blind eye to this, claim they need more "proof" before looking into it, and other things in order to avoid something unpleasant.

"First they came for the LGBT"

...and no one gave a shit!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Just to be clear, Kadryov was installed by Putin and is pro-Kremlin.

So that there's no mistake about who is sanctioning this.

[stevenleser]

5. That was among my first two reactions too. It's not Chechnya. Its Russia/Putin who controls Chechnya

which is part of Russia.

[stevenleser]

3. I warned people this would happen. Repression against LGBT is why I started boycotting Russian media

I warned the repression would get worse and we would be looking at a potential genocide.

I wish I had been wrong.

[treestar]

4. They deny as they deny there are any gay men

in the country - talk about homophobia. I hope the international community comes down hard on them. It is part of Russia, so under their jurisdiction - what is Moscow going to do about it?

[grossproffit]

6. That's my hope as well. This can not be allowed to happen.