Editing Chechnya (section)

===LGBT rights===
{{Main|Anti-gay purges in Chechnya|LGBT rights in Chechnya}}
[[File:LGBT in Chechnya.jpg|thumb|right|230px|A public [[die-in]] demonstration, "Chechen mothers mourn their children", was staged on 1 May 2017 after a purge on [[Nevsky Prospect]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], to protest the [[Anti-gay purges in Chechnya|persecution of gay men in Chechnya]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian police round up LGBT activists demonstrating against persecution of gay men in Chechnya |last=Batchelor |first=Tom |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-gay-rights-lgbt-chechnya-persecution-st-petersburg-may-day-protest-a7711531.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131011156/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-gay-rights-lgbt-chechnya-persecution-st-petersburg-may-day-protest-a7711531.html |archive-date=31 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russians Protesting Abuse of Gay Men in Chechnya Are Detained |last=Kramer |first=Andrew E. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/world/europe/russia-gay-rights-chechnya.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124052634/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/world/europe/russia-gay-rights-chechnya.html |archive-date=24 November 2017}}</ref>]]

Although homosexuality is officially legal in Chechnya per Russian law, it is de facto illegal. Chechen authorities have reportedly arrested, imprisoned and killed persons based on their perceived sexual orientation.<ref name="KramerNYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/europe/chechen-authorities-arresting-and-killing-gay-men-russian-paper-says.html|title=Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says|first=Andrew E.|last=Kramer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 April 2017|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428122004/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/world/europe/chechen-authorities-arresting-and-killing-gay-men-russian-paper-says.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, it was reported by {{Lang|ru-latn|[[Novaya Gazeta]]}} and human rights groups that Chechen authorities had set up [[concentration camp]]s, one of which is in [[Argun, Chechen Republic|Argun]], where gay men are interrogated and subjected to physical violence.<ref name="globeandmailarrest100suspected">{{cite news |title=Chechnya police arrest 100 suspected gay men, three killed: report |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com//news/world/chechnya-police-arrest-100-suspected-gay-men-three-killed-report/article34559281/ |access-date=10 April 2017 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=3 April 2017 }}</ref><ref name="pinknewshasopenedconcentration">{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Nick |title=Chechnya has opened concentration camps for gay men |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/10/chechnya-has-opened-concentration-camps-for-gay-men/ |access-date=10 April 2017 |work=[[PinkNews]] |date=10 April 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/over-100-people-allegedly-sent-to-concentration-camps-for-gay-men-in-chechnya-35610969.html |title=Over 100 people allegedly sent to 'concentration camps' for gay men in Chechnya |first=Kathy |last=Armstrong |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=10 April 2017 |access-date=11 April 2017 |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2017/04/04/72027-raspravy-nad-chechenskimi-geyami-publikuem-svidetelstva |script-title=ru:Расправы над чеченскими геями |trans-title=Massacres of Chechen gays (18+) |first1=Irina |last1=Gordienko |author2=Elena Milashina |work=[[Novaya Gazeta]] |date=4 April 2017 |access-date=12 April 2017 |language=ru }}</ref> On 27 June 2018, the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] noted "cases of abduction, arbitrary detention, and torture ... with the direct involvement of Chechen law enforcement officials and on the orders of top-level Chechen authorities"<ref name="CoE Parl 2018-07-27">{{Cite web |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/files/24962/html |title=Persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation), Resolution 2230 (2018) |publisher=[[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] |date=27 June 2018 |access-date=26 September 2021 }}</ref> and expressed dismay "at the statements of Chechen and Russian public officials denying the existence of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic".<ref name="CoE Parl 2018-07-27"/> Kadyrov's spokesman Alvi Karimov told [[Interfax]] that gay people "simply do not exist in the republic" and made an approving reference to [[honor killing]]s by family members "if there were such people in Chechnya".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/13/they-called-us-animals-chechens-prison-beatings-electric-shocks-anti-gay-purge |title=Chechens tell of prison beatings and electric shocks in anti-gay purge: 'They called us animals' |first=Shaun |last=Walker |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 April 2017 |access-date=26 September 2021 }}</ref> In a 2021 [[Council of Europe]] report into anti-LGBTI hate-crimes, [[rapporteur]] Foura ben Chikha described the "state-sponsored attacks carried out against LGBTI people in Chechnya in 2017" as "the single most egregious example of violence against LGBTI people in Europe that has occurred in decades".<ref name="CoE 2021-09-21">{{cite web |url=https://assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/EGA/Pdf/TextesProvisoires/2021/20210921-RisingHateLGBTI-EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923211038/https://assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/EGA/Pdf/TextesProvisoires/2021/20210921-RisingHateLGBTI-EN.pdf |archive-date=2021-09-23 |url-status=live |title=Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe |first=Foura |last=ben Chikha |publisher=[[Council of Europe]] Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination |pages=15–16 |date=21 September 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 }}</ref>

On 11 January 2019, it was reported that another "gay purge" had begun in the country in December 2018, with several men and women being detained.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/88929f353d494b3a87843002d02ad155 |title=Reports: several gay men and women detained in Chechnya |first=Nataliya |last=Vasilyeva |date=11 January 2019 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Damshenas |first=Sam |title=Chechnya has reportedly launched a new 'gay purge' |magazine=[[Gay Times]] |date=11 January 2019 |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/117320/chechnya-has-reportedly-launched-a-new-gay-purge/ |access-date=13 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chechnya-gay-purge-lgbt-detention-torture-missing-men-women-beating-a8723011.html |title=Chechnya launches new gay 'purge', reports say |first=Oliver |last=Carroll |website=[[The Independent]] |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=14 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2019/01/11/148260-chechnya |script-title=ru:«Новой газете» стало известно о новых преследованиях геев в Чечне |trans-title=''Novaya Gazeta'' learned of new persecution of gays in Chechnya |language=ru |work=[[Novaya Gazeta]] |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011223326/https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2019/01/11/148260-chechnya |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Russian LGBT Network]] believes that around 40 people were detained and two killed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lgbtnet.org/en/newseng/new-wave-persecution-against-lgbt-people-chechnya-around-40-people-detained-least-two-killed |title=New wave of persecution against LGBT people in Chechnya: around 40 people detained, at least two killed |date=14 January 2019 |website=Российская ЛГБТ-сеть |language=ru |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630191112/https://lgbtnet.org/en/newseng/new-wave-persecution-against-lgbt-people-chechnya-around-40-people-detained-least-two-killed |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/01/14/685192372/activists-say-40-detained-and-2-dead-in-gay-purge-in-chechnya |title=Activists Say 40 Detained And 2 Dead in Gay Purge in Chechnya |first=Sasha |last=Ingber |publisher=[[NPR]] |language=en |date=14 January 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019 }}</ref>