Helping those who fight for life and freedom

We help LGBTIQ+ people and their families who are facing mortal danger in the North Caucasus, Russia

What has been done

people were provided with help: 759
were assisted in leaving the region: 373
granted asylum: 317

This statistics does not include family members of applicants as well as people suspected in being a part of LGBTIQ+ community.

NC SOS Crisis Group

Who we are?

We are human rights activists project that helps LGBTIQ+ people and their families who are pursued and harassed in the North Caucasus.

Details

How to apply for help?

If you or anyone in your surrounding faces violence connected with one’s gender or sexual identity, or if you want to report on violation of human rights in the North Caucasus, feel free to contact us.

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June 14, 2023

From Taxi Drivers to Mercenaries: How Chechen Authorities Conscript Citizens for Ukraine’s War

The war in Ukraine has a unique impact on the closest region in Russia. Chechnya, a republic in the North…

May 8, 2023

Inhuman operations still being carried out in Russia: what do we know about so-called «female circumcision»?

In Russia, the problem of violence against women is much more serious than in many European countries: every fifth woman…

February 22, 2023

Dutch foreign minister speaks out on Arsamikov’s arrest

Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra commented on the arrest of Idris Arsamikov on Twitter. «I am deeply worried about the…

Idris Arsamikov

Idris was detained in 2017 in Chechnya on suspicion of homosexuality. Police officers tortured him to get a confession. The young man was later released, promising to come after him…

Four sisters

Hadijat Hizrieva, Patimat Hizrieva, Aminat Gazimagomedova and Patimat Magomedova from Dagestan were regularly abused — physically and psychologically by their relatives. As children they underwent “female circumcision” surgery. In spring…

Maksim Lapunov

Maksim was the first to openly speak out on persecution of LGBTIQ+ people in Chechnya. Owing to his testimony on the critical situation in the North Caucasus the issue was…

Salekh and Ismail

Siblings Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev were detained in 2020 and were kept for two months in the second regiment of Akhmat Hadji Kadyrov. For three months they were electrocuted…

Magomed Askhabov

Magomed was sexually assaulted and blackmailed in Dagestan due to being a part of LGBTIQ+ community. He left for Saint Petersburg, however in January 2021 he agreed to help his…

Elina Ukhmanova

Elina was forcibly kept in a Dagestani rehabilitation center where her parents sent her to be "cured" of her bisexuality and atheism. The girl was a subject to physical and…

Salman Mukaev

Salman was deprived by chechen legal forces in 2020 and was accused of homosexuality. In the police department he was severely tortured: he was beaten up, tied with tape, choked…

Aminat Lorsanova

Chechen relatives attempted treating Aminat’s bisexuality and atheism, they made her undergo “jinn exorcism” and electrocuted her. The girl tried to flee from the house four times. In 2018 parents…

Ibragim Selimkhanov

Ibrahim fled Chechnya from relatives who threatened to kill him because of his homosexuality. In the spring of 2021, Chechen security forces abducted him from Moscow and brought him back…