Chechen leader supports honour killings of gay people
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he supports the honour killings of gay people by their families. Dismissing reports of a "gay purge" in the Muslim republic as "nonsense", Kadyrov said there were no gay men in Chechnya. Notably, Kadyrov's security forces have been widely accused of several human-rights abuses including abductions and killings in Chechnya.