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Help the LGBT community of Chechnya and stop this concentration camp

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Chechnya have opened a concentration camp for people of the LGBT community, they are being tortured by electric chair to give names of other members of the LGBT community in Chechnya, 3 people have so far been murdered! This is barbaric and we must stand together to stop this gay purge!
Some links to recent news.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4397118/Chechnya-opens-concentration-camp-homosexuals.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chechnya-ramzan-kadyrov-gay-citizens-massacre-chechen-leader-do-not-exist-russia-vladimir-putin-a7675906.html

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

You could start petition asking the UK Government to put diplomatic pressure on Chechnya to close these camps, or to impose sanctions, or to intervene militarily, or some other action in response to the events your petition highlights.

Timeline

10 Apr 2017 Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Apr 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.