Petition · past parliament
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
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.