"the EU parliament calls on Russia to investigate reports that lgbtq people in Chechnya are kidnapped and tortured."
"A Russian network that works for lgbt-rights stated recently that the authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya, once again, has initiated the persecution against homosexuals."
"According to information available to the network has over 40 homosexuals have been arrested and two have been tortured to death in Chechnya since the end of december. According to Igor Kochetkov, one of the representatives of the organization, have the detainees been forced to surrender their passports and sign in the blank forms with the aim that they should be accused for the alleged crimes."