Amnesty International on Chechnya

[MrsSallyAdams]

Matthew Baume gives an update on the mass murdering of gay men in Chechnya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ4AEhl8V78

Amnesty International UK is collecting petition signatures. They want to put pressure on the Russia to intervene. There's plenty of reasons to be cynical about this but here's the link regardless. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop-abducting-and-killing-gay-men-chechnya

[PalJoey]

 

Thank you for this. If only we had a POTUS who would speak out about this.

 

[brdlwyr]

Getting fatter and golfing with billionsaires is the new morality! 

[MrsSallyAdams]

Horror stories continue to come out of Chechnya. Journalists who broke the story are being threatened. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recently urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to help protect gay rights. You know things are bleak when he's your best hope. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39779491

[henrikegerman]

^Sally, you do realize Chechnya is in Russia, right?

[MrsSallyAdams]

henrikegerman indeed I do. That's the point.

More on the story here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/opinion/chechnyas-anti-gay-pogrom.html?smid=tw-share

[henrikegerman]

^gotcha, thanks.

[Steve C.]

I have been calling, emailing, msg'ing my reps, Congress persons, Senators! This must not be hidden and just accepted.

Do the same with your reps, twitter feeds etc. keep flooding POTUS.

[Call_me_jorge]

I am petrified https://www.thegailygrind.com/2017/05/05/17-year-old-gay-teen-pushed-off-9th-floor-balcony-uncle-outed-chechen-family/