Human Rights Group To Hold Protest Against Impending Massacre Of Gays In Chechnya
There have been many reports of arrest, detention (in camps) and torture of hundreds of gays in Chechnya, but on April 20th, Britain’s deputy foreign secretary, Sir Alan Duncan, revealed further chilling information in a speech to parliament:
Oh right A PRO Moscow Islamist ...
There have been many reports of arrest, detention (in camps) and torture of hundreds of gays in Chechnya, but on April 20th, Britain’s deputy foreign secretary, Sir Alan Duncan, revealed further chilling information in a speech to parliament:
"Human rights groups report that these anti-gay campaigns and killings are orchestrated by the head of the Chechen republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
"He has carried out other violent campaigns in the past, and this time he is directing his efforts at the LGBT community.
"Sources have said that he wants the [LGBT] community eliminated by the start of Ramadan." (Ramadan starts on May 26 this year.)
"He has carried out other violent campaigns in the past, and this time he is directing his efforts at the LGBT community.
"Sources have said that he wants the [LGBT] community eliminated by the start of Ramadan." (Ramadan starts on May 26 this year.)
Oh right A PRO Moscow Islamist ...
Islamization
In 2006 Kadyrov has also started to create laws he says are more suitable to Chechnya's Islamic heritage—banning alcohol and gambling on January 20, and enforcing women's use of headscarves—in defiance of Russia's secular constitution. He also publicly spoke in favor of polygamy on January 13, and declared that lessons in the Koran and Sharia should be obligatory at Chechen schools. On February 11, Ramzan criticized the republican media for broadcasting immoral programs and officially introduced censorship in Chechnya. Because of the cartoon scandal that shook the whole Muslim world, Kadyrov issued a brief ban on the Danish Refugee Council, the most active humanitarian organization in Caucasus.
On June 1, 2006, Moscow-backed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said he would prefer his republic be governed by Sharia law and suggested adapting the Islamic code, speaking in Paris after inconclusive talks with the Council of Europe. "If Chechnya were run by Sharia law, it would not look as it does today." Alkhanov also dismissed reports of conflicts with Kadyrov, who was widely believed to want to take over the presidency when he turned 30 in October that year and now can legally assume the job.