3 gay men killed, 100 arrested in Chechnya
Over 100 men have been arrested and at least 3 others have been killed on suspicion of being homosexual by authorities who have launched an anti-gay campaign in the Russian republic of Chechnya, reports said. However, President Ramzan Kadyrov's spokesperson denied the reports,  saying that there were no gay people in Chechnya. Notably, conservative Chechen society considers homosexuality a shame.