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…

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 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…

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 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 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 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…

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…

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…