Thursday, May 11, 2017

Activists delivering petition on Chechnya gay rights detained in Moscow

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Police in Russia have detained five activists in Moscow as they tried to deliver a petition to the prosecutor's office demanding an official investigation into the alleged torture and murder of gay people in Chechnya.  Police said the activists' actions amounted to an unauthorised protest.  Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.


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