Rejected petition Sanction the Chechen government for human rights violations.

Chechen government is taking aim at gay people. In Chechnya, gay men are being held in concentration camp-style facilities. international human rights groups state that the government detained more than 100 men. Following violent raids, the men were held “in connection camps.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/194915

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Date submitted 10 April 2017
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