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posted by on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the religion-of-piece dept.

Milo Yiannopoulos brings us this disturbing tidbit:

A gay man from Chechnya, Russia has spoken out, providing some troubling details related to the the majority-Muslim province's effort to eliminate the LGBTQ community entirely.

According to Metro.co.uk's Charles White, many gay men living in Chechnya fear the government will "eliminate" them by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The government is reportedly hoarding[sic] the gay men into "concentration camps" where some may have been killed.

According to Breitbart, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) spoke with several gay victims of oppression who have managed to escape Chechnya. What they've revealed is that not only are gay men in the region afraid of persecution from authority.

They're also scared of "honor killings" by family members looking to punish them for shaming their family name. This fear follows the individuals even after they've left Chechnya, where the bulk of the atrocities appears to be occurring.

"If any of my relatives realize I'm gay, they won't hesitate a minute before killing me," said one 28-year-old victim according to the outlet. "And if they don't do it, they will get killed themselves for failing to uphold the family honor."

[Ed. note: See also this fascinating background article on the apparent cause of this recent pogrom in Chechnya. Hat tip to n1 for providing this link.]

I know it's not our usual fare but some things just need brought out in the open; see what Iran is up to.


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:03PM (#499986)

    You just said that attached to a story I submitted about their right to life. How stupid can you possibly be?

    Not stupid enough to think that example of you using gay rights muslim bash as proof that you care about gay rights in any other context.

    In fact, I am confident that you have literally never submitted a story about human rights of any kind that wasn't actually a twisted defense of bashing minorities.

    To me it was nothing but a story about something atrocious that should not be happening.

    Just because you keep denying the obvious doesn't make it any less obvious.
    We aren't that stupid either.

    You've lost this argument. Time to Move On.

    You lost the argument the minute you submitted the story.

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