Chechen authorities abducted a 19-year-old activist and forced him to rape himself with a glass bottle, Novaya Gazeta claims.
The publication was instrumental in exposing the Russian satellite state’s persecution of LGBT+ people. Now it claims to have precise information about when, where and how the authorities abducted Salman Tepsurkaev.
Video emerged online on 7 September of a completely naked Chechen youth sitting on his knees with a glass bottle in front of him.
On the video, the young man says his name is Salman Tepsurkaev, he is 19 years old, and he is one of the administrators of Adat.