Tag: torture
Iraq: Impunity for Violence Against LGBT People
Killings, Abductions, Torture, Sexual Violence by Armed Forces
Egypt: Security Forces Abuse, Torture LGBT People
Egyptian police and National Security Agency officers arbitrarily arrest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and detain them in inhuman conditions, systematically subject them to ill-treatment including torture, and often incite fellow inmates to abuse them, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
Council of Europe presses Chechnya on alleged gay torture
Frank Schwabe, a member of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has raised the issue reports of the torture and detention of gay people with officials in Moscow and in the Chechen capital Grozny.
There’s A New Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty: But Where Are Women’s and LGBTI Rights?
A new international treaty is in the works, focusing on crimes against humanity such as massacres, torture, and rape.
Jelena are afraid for her life, after breaking the news about the hunt of Chechen gay men
Jelena Milasjina (39) revealed the authorities hunts on gays in Chechnya. Now she is forced to live in hiding, but she doubts that it helps.
The Russian LGBT Network Alleges Killings of Gay Men in Chechnya
The Russian LGBT Network published a report on Monday alleging the widespread detention and torture of gay people in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, adding to a series of recent reports of persecutions and killings there.