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In Chechnya, LGBT people share their stories of being abducted and tortured, often hiding their sexuality from their own family. The police say the idea that gay people exist in Chechnya is an insult.

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That time I told the head of Chechen police I was gay. Standing in a jail cell: Reporter's notebook

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