Activists say they are helping people flee new anti-gay purge in Chechnya

JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — LGBT activists say they have begun helping people flee from the Russian republic of Chechnya amid what they claim is a new wave of detentions and torture targeting the gay community there. The LGBT Network, a St. Petersburg-based rights group, said last week that 40 people had been detained and at …

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