detained and tortured in government concentration camps, and some have died. Those who’ve been released into the custody of their families often face further violence from their relatives.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has famously denied that such persecution is taking place or even that there are any LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya, but said if there are, they should be driven out.Those who criticize the government for any reason are also often detained and tortured, then forced to make apologies on video, the Daily Beast reports.“But what happened on Monday night was a shocking new low even by Chechen standards,” the site notes.