Gay Chechen Reveals Forced Exorcism as Rights Groups Call for Trump Condemnation of Russia
Source: Newsweek Magazine
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 4/3/18 AT 8:57 AM
Two people who escaped LGBT persecution in Chechnya have spoken of the threats to their lives they faced because of their sexual orientation.
It comes as the LGBT advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on president Donald Trump to speak up against the crimes committed against people in Chechnya suspected of being gay.
One year on from shocking revelations about the torture of gay people in the Russian republic, a 30-year-old man referred to as Ruslan and a 20-year-old woman named as Marko told BBC Russian of their escape to safety.
Ruslan said his family found out he was gay when his daughter-in-law came across texts he had sent to his boyfriend when she borrowed his phone. His family took away his passport, documents and phone and locked him in his room for a month.
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