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| Region | Chechnya |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 2006 |
| End Date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Description | While Chechnya lacked a law formally censoring LGBTIQ+ topics until Russia's federal ban in 2013, the authorities showed little tolerance to LGBTIQ+ people, even compared to the rest of Russia, especially under the rule of Ramzan Kadyrov. It is unknown when the mass killings of gay men officially began but it wasn't widely known until 2017, likely as a result of censorship in Russia proper. Homosexuality was also recriminalised in 1996. |
| Sources | https://abcnews.go.com/International/day-inside-gay-chechnya/story?id=66509855 https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1434970/1226_1528870961_document.pdf |
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| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 2006 |
| End Date | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Description | While Chechnya lacked a law formally censoring LGBTIQ+ topics until Russia's federal ban in 2013, the authorities showed little tolerance to LGBTIQ+ people, even compared to the rest of Russia, especially under the rule of Ramzan Kadyrov. It is unknown when the mass killings of gay men officially began but it wasn't widely known until 2017, likely as a result of censorship in Russia proper. Homosexuality was also recriminalised in 1996. |
| Sources | https://abcnews.go.com/International/day-inside-gay-chechnya/story?id=66509855 https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1434970/1226_1528870961_document.pdf |