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Novaya Gazeta on Threats of Retribution Against Journalists from Chechen Clergy over Articles on Persecution of LGBT

April 14, 2017

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Chechen clergy led an assembly in the Central Mosque of Grozny on April 3, calling for retribution against Novaya Gazeta’s journalists for their reporting on persecution of LGBT in the republic.

Central Mosque in Grozny Chechen Mufti Alakh-khadjhi Mezhiev Dmitry Muratov Elena Milashina Islam in Chechnya LGBT crackdown in Chechnya murders of journalists in Russia Novaya Gazeta persecution of LGBT in Russia Ramzan Kadyrov threats of reprisals against journalists in Russia Yelena Milashina