Tag: Chechen Refugee
Gay Chechen Refugee Says He Was Forced To Apologize For Disgracing Chechnya on TV
A refuge from Chechnya's gay purge says that he had to apologize for dishonoring the country on television.
28-year-old Movsar Eskarkhanov fled Chechnya for Germany. Then, Eskarkhanov spoke with Time about being kidnaped, blackmailed, sexually assaulted, and tortured.
Afterwards, Eskarkhanov made the news again but this time in a negative light. Chechnya tv station Grozny TV presented him as mentally ill.
Sadly, Eskarkhanov took part in this retelling of his story and said that he not only invented the tale of his...
France Opens Doors To First Gay Chechen Refugee Today, While U.S. Slams Door Shut
With the United States showing no signs of doing the same, France has started taking in gay refugees from Chechnya.
“The first gay Chechen refugee arrived on French land,” Joël Deumier, president of French LGBT rights organization SOS Homophobie, said on FranceInfo today.
“France has started to welcome Chechen refugees. This is going to continue.”
Deumier also shared that SOS Homophobie helped with the refugee’s application and provided testimony indicating he was oppressed because of his sexual orientation.
Deumier said SOS Homophobie was...
