Russia has demanded to report on gay rights in Chechnya
Russia has demanded to report on gay rights in Chechnya Fifteen member countries of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) launched the Vienna mechanism, demanding from Russia to report on human rights violations in Chechnya. The statement was published by the permanent representative of Canada to the OSCE Ambassador Natasha Kuijer. Upstairs “The apparent reluctance of the Russian Federation or the inability to cope with these severe human rights violations contributed to a climate of impunity of the authorities of Chechnya. Our delegation, like many others in the Permanent Council continuously expressed concern about those violations for the last 20 months. The reaction of the Russian Federation was insufficient,” — said in a statement. According to the Vienna mechanism, the participating countries, the OSCE has put to Russia four questions: how the Federal government controlled the fulfillment of obligations of the OSCE in Chechnya, was investigated as