Tag: refugees

'If not the government, then our families are expected to kill us. This happened to some of our friends' A human rights advocate has shared the heartbreaking reality of Chechen refugees who still don’t feel safe, even though they’ve escaped certain persecution. It was revealed earlier this year the gay and bisexual men were being detained, tortured and in some cases killed in Chechnya. A number of countries agreed to take in refugees including, Lithuania, France, Germany and Canada. But for two Chechen...

"The man tried to attack us several times, spat in our faces and shouted that he was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and he would kill us." A group of five LGBT Syrian refugees say they were thrown out of a Zara store in Amsterdam after enduring a homophobic attack by another customer. One member of the group, Tarek Almolki, told Dutch newspaper Het Parool that security staff at the clothing retailer looked the other way when a man in...