Chechnya's highest officials are on the record making abhorrent statements about LGBT people.  Police in Chechnya, a region in southern Russia, are rounding up men believed to be gay, holding them in secret detention, and beating and…

Russian authorities have failed in their obligation to prevent and prosecute homophobic violence. Growing numbers of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have been attacked and harassed across Russia in the lead-up and aftermath of the…

The Russian authorities need to address a deteriorating situation of widespread and concerted abuse against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and activists. The authorities’ failure to act and some officials’ homophobic comments expose…