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The leader of Chechnya reportedly wants to “eliminate” the gay community by Ramadan

• The alleged human rights abuses against gay men in Chechnya have taken a disturbing turn: 
• According to one British official, the Chechen president has a deadline by which he plans to “eliminate” the country’s LGBTQ population.
  
• Sir Alan Duncan, a British member of Parliament and the U.K.’s minister of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, addressed parliament on Thursday and spoke about the situation in Chechnya and said that at least four gay man have been killed and as more than 100 have been detained are “of deep concern to the U.K.”
  
• And, according to Duncan, the deadline for the violent campaign, set by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, is the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Ramadam — which starts May 26. Read more (4/24/17)