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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.
(Score: 1) by charon on Wednesday April 26 2017, @07:00PM (1 child)
Fair point, we don't post everything that is submitted. Stuff like the flamebait sub you mentioned sits around in the queue because no editor wants to post it; eventually it gets deleted.
In the case of this particular story, I would probably have passed on it too, if not for the other link provided by n1 which gives more information and nuance. Again, no one is discussing the story, only the source.
(Score: 2) by pe1rxq on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:03PM
The story is a pile of crap.
The sources are websites that are well known to post incredible amounts of crap.
The submitter has a track record of posting crap on SN. (And appearantly we are suppposed to be ok with that because he manages to pull some working code out of his ass every once in a while)
So you have a huge pile of shit and you think that N1 sticking a little umbrella in it is going to result in a nice discussion about the story??????????
If you don't like the discussion you should not have posted this kind of obvious flamebait.