Human Rights Watch slams Russian child assault charges
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised Russia for opening a criminal probe into the alleged sexual assault of children who…
Tag: Russian LGBT
Fresh Chechen LGBT torture: NGOs
Chechnya has launched a fresh crackdown on the gay community in which at least two have died and about 40…
LGBT World Cup venue axed
A space for gay and ethnic-minority football fans in St Petersburg for the football World Cup says it was forced…
Chechnya denies state slaughter
A Chechen government spokesman has rejected a report by the only independent Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, that 27 Chechens had…
Russia violates gay rights: ECHR
Russia’s gay propaganda law increases “stigma and prejudice” and violates the right to freedom of expression, the European Court of…
Gay concentration camp in Chechnya: HRW
Gay men have been rounded up and have been tortured in a crackdown on homosexuality in Chechnya, human rights groups…