Submitted on Monday 10th April 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 19th April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
ACT NOW to stop the persecution, detention & killing of LGBT people in Chechnya
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
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/194915
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