Chechnya Allegedly Opens First Concentration Camps For Gay Men Since Holocaust
According to numerous reports from Amnesty International and Other Human Rights Watch Groups, The Chechen Government Has Started a Dramatic Crackdown on Male Homosexuality
In a story first reported last week by Russian media organization Novaya Gazeta, and later in English by the Euromaidan Press, Chechnya’s Government has allegedly started sending homosexual males to concentration camps, where it is said that they are coerced into giving up their friends, into leaving the nation, or are beaten to death.
These developments follow years of Chechen and Russian crackdowns on homosexuality, which is viewed as blight in the Conservative societies. Notably, this operation has begun a week after a Gay Rights group requested permits to protest in Moscow against Vladimir Putin’s treatment of homosexuals.
Homosexual members of these communities, most especially homosexual males, are typically disavowed by their families or become the targets of honor killings.
In response to these allegations, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov — a close friend and ally to Vladimir Putin, and a religious radical that has tried to establish Islamic rule in his Conservative state — has stated that these stories cannot be true because “these people [homosexuals] do not exist in Chechnya,” and that, even if they did, “they would be dealt with by their families.”
Reportedly, 100 males have been rounded up so far, with 3 beaten to death in the process — having been lured into traps by authorities using dating apps to locate homosexuals; it is said that many important members of Chechen religious community and the Chechen media are in the ranks of those targeted and detained by their government.
The location of one of these “secret camps” has been said to be at the former military headquarters in Argun (address 996 Kadyrov Street, Argun, Chechnya).
THIS STORY WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME TO LIGHT.
