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Russian authorities must investigate new allegations of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya 

amnesty.org, 10/7/2017 

Following reports in Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper that security forces in the Russian republic of Chechnya killed 27 people on the night of 26 January 2017, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia, said: 

“These allegations come from a credible source and as horrendous as they are, appear totally plausible for Chechnya, where the authorities enjoy complete  impunity for human rights violations. 

“Amnesty International has documented the practice of extrajudicial executions in Chechnya and elsewhere in the North Caucasus for many years, and these allegations are consistent with our past findings. They must be investigated immediately, and if proven to be true, all perpetrators must be brought to justice. 

“In addition, a full and thorough investigation needs to  be carried out into allegations of the secret imprisonment and torture and other ill-treatment of more than 100 gay men in Chechnya in April. 

“The security forces cannot be allowed to get away with torture and murder simply because they wear the badge of the state.” 

 Background 

Novaya Gazeta, citing two high level sources in Chechnya, reported on July 9 that dozens of people were unlawfully detained across the republic during unannounced raids that began in mid-December 2016. Twenty seven of them were allegedly killed on the night of January 26 without being formally arrested. 

According to Novaya Gazeta, who published a series of articles about the persecution of gay men in Chechnya, these executions are not linked to the anti-gay campaign in the republic. The mass arrests are believed to have been triggered by the killing of a policeman on 16 December 2016. 

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Names of 27 men believed to have been executed in Chechnya published Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta believes as many as 56 gay men may have been massacred in a single night by Chechen authorities.

attitude.co.uk 

The names of 27 men believed to have been killed during in Chechnya’s anti-gay purge have been published by a Russian newspaper. Novaya Gazeta, the publication which first reported on rumours of an anti-LGBT purge in the Russian republic in April, has revealed for the first time the names of dozens of men its believes were executed in a single night by Chechen authorities. 

Citing two unidentified sources, the paper claims the men were shot in an illegal mass execution by Chechen security officials in the city of Grozny on the night of 25-26 January, after being detained without charge for several weeks. 

The report states that a source within the Interior Ministry provided the newspaper with the names of suspected victims, and that its journalists have been unable locate any of them. 

It adds that it cannot confirm whether the victims were gay or detained as part of an anti-gay crackdown in the region. The youngest alleged victims were aged just 18 at the time of the killings. [...]

Chechnya: Names of 27 men slaughtered and buried in bloody night revealed as gay purge continues
pinknews.co.uk, 11/7/2017
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