"Rucked up to the basement." How they are pursuing LGBT in the Donbass

And then violence. Stories from the region that fell under the power of militants

Photo: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

The scandal around the position of gays in Chechnya continues. While the prosecutor's office reports on the starting inspections, an unofficial evacuation of LGBT representatives comes from the republic. According to the Russian LGBT networks, among the refugees were people who visited prisons and tortured.

The story is not unique. Long before the publications on repressions in Chechnya, LGBT collided with the persecution in the Donbass - the region, which, with the participation of Moscow, was under the control of armed groups. Many left there, fearing for their lives. For those who remained, as the human rights activists noted , “Soviet times” returned - when homosexuality was prohibited and hid it. Belonging to the gay community could serve as a sufficient basis for arrest.

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