ABC News foreign correspondent James Longman reported on the persecution of LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya in 2019, and spoke with some of those who fear for their lives.
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Say this in Uganda next ☠ Not to some government official but to people on the streets.
The problem is that they don’t care you are gay, if u don’t belong their nation, they care if you are one of them and you are gay. This is the point.
Where are their "manly manners and behavioural code" before Putin? These so called strong guys are traitors of the Chechen struggle against Russian oppression. Although they have long sold their souls to the oppressors they portray themselves as the protectors of Chechen morals, honour and traditions. They simply exploit sensitive issues to ensure that people do not rebel against the gang culture reigning among them and imposed on Chechen people.
Homosapien goes to androfascist ugly Neaderland.
They look like Bizarro World Canadian Mounties. Chechnya is the anti-Canada.
Now try that in Iran, without the cameras lol
questioning leads to sanctions sanctions lead to irans situation arming they self to the teeth lets c what for. before u fall in the pit watch out
I am sick and tired of gay people yelling they are gay. Who cares if you are gay? Stop telling us you are gay or bisexual nobody is interested. Shut up! Should I yell all day I’m hetero? And btw in some countries of the world you are not gonna be safer as a heterosexual so whether gay or hetero doesn’t matter.
Gays are so special, really ?
American culture is a garbage with all that liberal propaganda.
The Myth of Chechen Radical Islam | UT Research Showcase (utexas.edu)
chechnya isnt a hardline terrorist state. chechnyans r not hardline terrorists.
what that translates too? well jihad isnt observed in chechnya
khalifa or not. palestine didnt assert government and then spent years oppressed trying to kill the mule. its a message. once islam is gone from the west along with other faiths mecca will be quickly turned over. religion disappears? if they kill one eye for an eye. killing them in telaviv to regain land isnt eye for an eye.
The Myth of Chechen Radical Islam | UT Research Showcase (utexas.edu)
chechnya isnt a hardline terrorist state. chechnyans r not hardline terrorists.
what that translates too? well jihad isnt observed in chechnya
khalifa or not. palestine didnt assert government and then spent years oppressed trying to kill the mule. its a message. once islam is gone from the west along with other faiths mecca will be quickly turned over. religion disappears? if they kill one eye for an eye. killing them in telaviv to regain land isnt eye for an eye.
It's a shame that people from these countries immigrate to the west and then spread their hateful views. Extremely conservative russians, arabs etc. moving to Europe and then they keep their tradtions and bring then to Europe. If you come here leave your traditions at home. We don't want the hate against the LGBTQ+ people in the western countries.
At least they don’t hide it.
The thing is that people don’t realise is this reporter was actually disappointed when he didn’t receive the reaction he was looking for. He was hoping for some violent reaction towards him and for them to force the camera of but when he did not receive that, he had to elaborate even more. How desperate and sick these reporters are is disturbing
God bless, James. That was a very heroic thing to do.
That police Man should have been kick so hard after that
Another liberal propandaga. Glad no planned parenthood here lmao😂😂
The police officer was kind and smiling only because the correspodent was from west and there was cameras around so he was playing friendly,plus the correspodent was lets say normal looking guy,but if he would look different lets say with dyed hair or someting they would not even let him in country or talking to him walking on street while everybody looking
What is with Russia and all of their stupid homophobia. Truly living in the dark ages, no wonder they lost the Cold War.
You forget the religion – they are Muslim and they hate gays
Is homophobia in all of Russia?
This took balls of steel.
CULTURE WARS
NO BUT LOTS CLOSETED GUYS THERE
So very proud of you James..you are a great model for young men and women coming out..
Er ist auch gei
What a top bloke!
What about if men are single because we are unnatractive does that makes us a target to get being tortured or killed?
Sometimes, we need to teach people how to live..
this cop himself seems not averse to playing pranks, he was a gay journalist, he would have slapped his ass, supposedly joking, that would be funny, everything on the faces of homophobes is privately written and also in their homophobic actions and behavior….
That's a very brave reporter right there. He missed out on the role of religion in explaining why Chechnya is still so conservative though. It's more than just democracy. You can have a democratic society where the majority of people denies rights to a minority because of religious influence. Especially for an aggressive religion that seeks to impose its morality on everyone.