Photo: RIA Novosti International Human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on the persecution of gays in Chechnya. It is based on interviews with victims men, journalists and experts, told RIA Novosti the author and program Director for Russia Tatyana Lokshina. The human rights activist noted that HRW mentions “their findings and recommendations with officials in Russia and abroad, and with key international organizations, including specialized UN agencies, the Council of Europe and OSCE”. The authors of the report, urged foreign States to grant victims “a safe haven”. In the Chechen Parliament said that allegations of harassment of gays in the region cannot be considered serious. “This is not a serious issue to discuss it. Media write anything, and if at all to react — we wanted to spit that write some of the European feeding corrupt journalists”, — quotes the radio station “Moscow speaking” the words
