4.11.17 “fucking revolting”
Apr 11, 2017 0:46:17 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Apr 11, 2017 0:46:17 GMT -5
No this is not a computer malfunction – just my small statement about what our world would look like if we allow gay men to be invisible, non-existent.
“fucking revolting”
Response to
Pink News (UK) gay men in Chechnya are being held in concentration camp style prisons and are being subjected to violence.
Link to article: www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/10/chechnya-has-opened-concentration-camps-for-gay-men/?utm_source=PNT&utm_medium=SocialTwitter&utm_content=TwitterN&utm_campaign=PNTwitter
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In a disgusting show of inhumanity, Chechen authorities have been posing online as gay men looking for dates, only to entrap their victims and spirit them off for torture and execution. To date, three have died in the anti-gay purge.
When asked about the claims made by several victims the government responded:
"You cannot detain and persecute people who simply do not exist in the republic."
These chilling words are far from comforting and speak to the urgent need for the world community to take action to protect the gay community within this Russian, semi-independent state.
While the government refutes these accusations, news reports suggest that more than 100 men, some as young as 16 have fallen victim to the government's traps, many of them never to return. Those that did, were turned over to their families in the hopes that they would perform honor killings.
No one should ever be persecuted for who they are. This kind of cruelty cannot stand and we need to join together to make sure the world takes action. Please join me by signing this petition and asking the United Nations to condemn these heinous programs and use their influence to put an end to them now.
From Amnesty International USA
Urgent Action: Men Suspected Of Being Gay Abducted, Tortured Or Killed (Russia: UA 80.17)
April 5, 2017
Men believed to be gay are being abducted, tortured or even killed in Chechnya as part of a coordinated campaign with impunity.
1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
• Urging them to carry out prompt, effective and thorough investigations into the reports of abductions and killings of men believed to be gay in Chechnya and to ensure that anyone found guilty or complicit in such crimes will be brought to justice in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation;
• To take all necessary steps to ensure safety of any individual who may be at risk in Chechnya because of their sexual orientation and to condemn in the strongest terms possible any discriminatory comments made by officials;
• Reminding the Russian and Chechen authorities that they have an international human rights obligation to prohibit discrimination and to investigate and prosecute hate crimes, the most invidious form of discrimination.
Contact these two officials by 16 May, 2017:
Chairman of the Investigation Committee
Aleksandr Ivanovich Bastrykin
Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation
Tekhnicheskii pereulok, dom 2
105005 Moscow, Russian Federation
Fax: +7 495 966 97 76
Online submissions (in Russian): sledcom.ru/references/Organizacija_priema_grazhdan#reception
Salutation: Dear Chairman
Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak
Embassy of the Russian Federation
2650 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington DC 20007
Phone: 1 202 298 5700 I Fax: 1 202 298 5735
Email: embassy@russianembassy.org -OR- rusembusa@mid.ru
Salutation: Dear Ambassador
2) LET US KNOW YOU TOOK ACTION
Click here to let us know if you took action on this case! This is Urgent Action 80.17
Here's why it is so important to report your actions: we record the actions taken on each case—letters, emails, calls and tweets—and use that information in our advocacy.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
DOWNLOAD the full Urgent Action in PDF or Word format
GET INSPIRED: Read about the people you have helped
READ TIPS for writing effective letters and emails
CONTACT US: uan@aiusa.org
More info and links: www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now/urgent-action-men-suspected-of-being-gay-abducted-tortured-or-killed-russia-ua-8017
Amnesty International UK petition
www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop-abducting-and-killing-gay-men-chechnya
Amnesty International Finland petition
www.amnesty.fi/vetoomukset/satoja-homoiksi-epailtyja-siepattu-kidutettu-tai-tapettu-tsetseniassa/
There are petitions all over the world – check your local Amnesty International site for more info.