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New anti-LGBTQI+ crackdown in Chechnya (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 12, 2019

Police in Chechnya have carried out a new round of unlawful detentions, beatings, and humiliation of men they presume to be gay or bisexual.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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