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Post by bot on Apr 23, 2017 19:12:40 GMT -5
Hoyer Statement on Reports of Human Rights Abuses in Chechnya
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on reports of abuse and murder of LGBT individuals in Chechnya:
"I am appalled by reports that the governing authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya have been detaining LGBT individuals and subjecting them to torture and possibly mass-murder. This kind of violent, organized persecution based on sexual orientation recalls the darkest days of history. The United States must not sit idly by while such human rights violations take place. If these reports are true, they signal a dangerous escalation of the Russian Federation's ongoing denial of basic rights of LGBT people within its borders."
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