ACT NOW to stop the persecution, detention & killing of LGBT people in Chechnya

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Gay men are being arrested as part of a so called purge in the Russian region of Chechnya. Human Rights Groups say gay men are being held in concentration camp-style prisons with more than 100 men detained “in connection with their non-traditional sexual orientation". Several are feared dead.

Though the UK government has called for the Russian government to intervene. Russia is hardly much of a friend to LGBT's. More needs to be done. Inaction is not an option.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/10/chechnya-has-opened-concentration-camps-for-gay-men/

http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/10/reports-of-concentration-camps-and-torture-for-gay-men-in-russia-6565025/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/02/chechen-police-rounded-up-100-gay-men-report-russian-newspaper-chechnya

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

British Government to condemn Chechnya's human rights abuses against LGBT people

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Apr 2017

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