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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 03:25 PM Jul 2017

Chechen Leader on Torture Claims: Gays Are 'Not People'

Source: The Daily Beast



Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya, has responded to allegations Chechen authorities tortured and abused gay men by lashing out at homosexuals in a bizarre tirade. In an excerpt from an interview with HBO due to air Tuesday, the strongman leader calls the torture accusations “nonsense.” “We don't have those kinds of people here. We don't have any gays. And if there are some, please take them to Canada,” he said. “They are devils. They are for sale. They are not people. God damn them for what they are accusing us of.” He went on to complain that Washington is “conducting a policy against Russia,” hinting that he’d be ready to defend Moscow. “They know that I'm ready to give my life for Russia and that I have a good army capable of attacking and defending,” he said. “We’ll see how things go for everyone.”



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Chechen Leader on Torture Claims: Gays Are 'Not People' (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
That beard speaks volumes about his sense of inadequacy Maven Jul 2017 #1
His VOICE speaks volumes about his sense of inadequacy. eggplant Jul 2017 #2
This evil Matthew28 Jul 2017 #3
A strongly written letter, christx30 Jul 2017 #7
What. A. Freak. RussBLib Jul 2017 #4
When you sit at Putin's table this is what you support. Jill Stein. VermontKevin Jul 2017 #5
Certainly would not shed a tear... roamer65 Jul 2017 #6
Chechen leaders are not people. They are inhuman monsters. Initech Jul 2017 #8

Maven

(10,533 posts)
1. That beard speaks volumes about his sense of inadequacy
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 03:47 PM
Jul 2017

Heaven help the LGBTQ people who are being terrorized and disappeared by this adolescent turd.

Matthew28

(1,796 posts)
3. This evil
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 04:20 PM
Jul 2017

and cruel sub-human should be treated in the same way as the isis for his abuses of human rights.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
7. A strongly written letter,
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 06:34 PM
Jul 2017

and the occasional verbal condemnation when things get really bad? Cause that's all the UN does about ISIS.

But if the UN can't do anything about this issue, where a national government is torturing it's people for being gay, then they don't have any business calling themselves leaders in anything. As useless as the league of nations.

RussBLib

(8,985 posts)
4. What. A. Freak.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 04:54 PM
Jul 2017

Would not surprise me if they have gay orgies in their government offices, with Ramzan participating.

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