OSCE Calls on Russia to Investigate 'Grave' Rights Abuses in Chechnya

TheParser said:

I think that the poster has a point.


I have no doubt that the majority of citizens who live in Chechnya could NOT care less about the persecution of gay people.


Furthermore, why are Social Justice Warriors singling out the brute who rules Chechnya?


There's an anti-gay witch hunt also going on in Indonesia. Why aren't the SJWs speaking out?


And what about the widespread persecution of gays in Africa? The SJWs are especially loath to criticize those countries.



If the West is not going to do something concrete, then it is better to keep one's mouth shut. The tyrants who rule Russia, Chechnya, etc. are typical bullies. They only respond to having their butts kicked, not reasonable words.

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Westphalian said:

Well yes, exactly. We have democracy in Russia, and homosexuality in Chechnya is not an issue dear to the hearts of the mainly socially conservative Muslims who form the vast majority.


So if the West feels so strongly about the internal affairs of Chechnya, so what?


The West is a joke, its obsession with gender diversity and various different sexualities is comical. But whatever - it's your own business.


You have no leverage and no say over Russian affairs. We're not even vulnerable to your military blackmail. So .......... focus on yourselves.

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Westphalian said:

So if the West feels so strongly about the internal affairs of Chechnya, so what?

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Rogue Valley said:

So we will speak out about it ... whether in Moscow or Grozny or Crimea.

Don't you have some Ukrainian prisoners to torture?

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Rogue Valley said:

OSCE Calls on Russia to Investigate 'Grave' Rights Abuses in Chechnya | The Moscow Times

Ramzan Kadyrov (C) Chechen warlord and strongman.



Strongman Ramzan Kadyrov manages the Republic of Chechnya for Vladimir Putin with an iron fist. Dozens of Russian journalists, among them Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered for reporting on the brutality of the Kadrov regime. The rumors say Kadyrov has a special personal villa dedicated to torturing regime opponents and citizens of the LGBT community. It was former Kadyrov henchmen who [supposedly] assassinated Russian political activist Boris Nemtsov within a block of the Kremlin in 2015. Kadyrov has also sent Chechen forces into eastern Ukraine. It goes without saying that Vladimir Putin will continue to turn a blind eye to these abuses in Chechnya. He prefers having the warlord Kadyrov keep the Chechen Muslims on a short and painful leash.

Related: OSCE Cites Torture, Executions Among 'Grave' Rights Violations In Chechnya

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