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US Holocaust Memorial Museum condemns persecution of gays in Chechnya
'The Holocaust teaches us what can happen when state-sponsored, group-targeted violence is allowed to go unchecked'
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum says it is ‘deeply concerned’ over reports that gay men are being targeted for arrest, torture, and, in some cases, murder in Chechnya.
‘The Holocaust teaches us what can happen when state-sponsored, group-targeted violence is allowed to go unchecked,’ Museum Director Sara J. Bloomfield said in a statement Friday (28 April).
‘The reports about the targeting of LGBT persons in Chechnya...
