Two men describe what its like to be tortured for being gay in Chechnya
Two men describe what its like to be tortured for being gay in Chechnya
- The two have since fled mainly Muslim Chechnya, but they still fear being hunted down and persecuted. They spoke to Reuters on condition that their real names were not used, and their voices and faces disguised.
One of the men, who gave his name as Anzor, said he had been detained by police as he was driving in the company of other men from a Chechen village to the Caucasus region's capital Grozny in February.
"They found some medicine on one of the guys," he told Reuters Television. Seeing his rings and bracelets, the policemen asked if he was "a faggot" and beat him severely, the man said in an interview.
- The two have since fled mainly Muslim Chechnya, but they still fear being hunted down and persecuted. They spoke to Reuters on condition that their real names were not used, and their voices and faces disguised.
One of the men, who gave his name as Anzor, said he had been detained by police as he was driving in the company of other men from a Chechen village to the Caucasus region's capital Grozny in February.
"They found some medicine on one of the guys," he told Reuters Television. Seeing his rings and bracelets, the policemen asked if he was "a faggot" and beat him severely, the man said in an interview.