Chechnya: Beaten with a hose and electrocuted
More details are emerging of the violent mass crackdown against LGBT people in the Russian republic of Chechnya. Earlier this week, various sources reported that around 100 gay men were rounded up, arrested and even killed by the authorities in recent weeks. The Russian LGBT Network has now released information about a number of incidents. […]
Lesbian woman raped and stabbed in Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom’s LGBT community has been shaken by another possible hate crime incident after a young lesbian woman was attacked and raped. According to reports from local activists, on the night of 1 April, the 26-year-old was talking to a friend on the phone outside her home in Mohadin, Potchefstroom. As she was chatting, three men […]