Fed up with a reportedly insincere investigation on gay persecutions in Chechnya, a Russian newspaper has revealed a list of men who were allegedly killed in a gay purge.

A victim of the alleged “gay purge” in Chechnya has come forward.

In just three minutes, one film attempts to send a clear message.

(EDGE) As the Trump Administration continues to barely pay lip service to the reported abuse, torture and murder of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya, a group of Canadians is springing action like latter day Harriet Tubmans.

In an age where gay men are being allegedly persecuted from the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, one group is stepping up to save lives.

There are reports of gay genocide in the Russian republic of Chechnya, located in the North Caucasus region.

The leader of Chechnya has lashed out at international organizations that have strongly criticized the Russian region for reportedly persecuting and killing gays.

The leader of Chechnya has denied gay men are being murdered in the region, but claims he would defend families who kill their gay relatives.

(AP) A respected Russian newspaper says it has uncovered information that police in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and that at least three have been killed.

(EDGE) As President Donald Trump is urged to discuss the abuse towards gay men in Chechnya when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit this week, officials from the Russian territory have reportedly resumed arresting men suspected of being gay.

(AP) Anzor was lying on a dirty floor as a man in army boots jumped on his back. His agony worsened when his captors started torturing him with electric shocks.

(WB) The European Union has sanctioned two Chechnya officials over their role in an anti-LGBT crackdown.

This week read about four LGBT shelters opening in Cameroon, and two gay men facing danger after being detained for unknown reasons and sent back to Chechnya.

The United States hasn’t granted visas to gay Chechens avoiding persecution, but other countries are stepping up to help.

(WB) International outrage over the arrest of more than 100 gay men in Chechnya continues to mount.

(WB) Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the arrests of gay men in Chechnya.

Last month GayRussia.ru, a gay rights group in Moscow applied for permits to hold rallies in the Muslim-majority North Caucasus region, all of which were denied. As Novaya Gazeta, a Russian investigative newspaper reported, this marked a spike in anti-gay tensions and the disappearance of gay teenagers and adults. 

For Fred Erick, a gay man in New York, the life threatening crisis facing gay men in Chechnya was personal. 

During the pandemic, folks have been indulging in their guilty pleasures a little more than usual.

Ramzan Kadyrov, president of the Russian republic of Chechnya, has denied claims of persecution and murders of perceived bisexual and gay men by claiming Chechnya has no gays.

(AP) Moscow wants to protect human rights but has no reason to believe reports about the persecution of gay men in Chechnya, Russian officials said on Monday.

(EDGE) The Russian newspaper that first broke the story that Chechen authorities were rounding up men suspected of being gay and torturing them is now reporting that at least 27 victims, many believed to be gay, were secretly detained and executed without being formerly charged.

Family and friends of Zelimkhan Bakaev are starting to fear the worst. The Russian singer, who went missing afterbeing detained in Grozny on Aug. 8, is now suspected to have been murdered from the anti-gay purge occurring in Chechnya.

(WB) Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) denounced on the Senate floor Monday the ongoing reports of anti-gay arrests and detention in Chechnya, blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for allowing them to happen.

(EDGE) On Thursday the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously voted to advance a resolution condemning the violence and persecution of LGBTQ people in the Republic of Chechnya. The move came two weeks after President Trump neglected to mention the atrocities in the Russian republic during his North Korea, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba-bashing address to the United Nations General Assembly.

(WB) The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution that condemns the ongoing crackdown against LGBT people in Chechnya.

A man reportedly persecuted in a secret anti-LGBT Chechen prison is speaking out about the torture, interrogation and murder of gay and bisexual men.

Forced to flee the Russian republic of Chechnya, the first openly Chechen transgender woman stepped forward to share her experience.

More and more human rights groups are looking to put a stop to the prosecution of LGBT people in Chechnya as the situation becomes increasingly dire. In response to Chechnya’s actions, the United States Holocaust Museum has issued a statement condemning the country for their treatment of the LGBT community. 

(WB) The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions against two Chechen officials under a 2012 human rights law.