INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A gay Chechen man has fled Russia after spending months in police custody, where he faced abuse from law enforcement officials linked to
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the North Caucasus LGBTQ+ rights group SK SOS announced Wednesday.Rizvan Dadayev was detained in the summer
of 2022 after a video circulated online where local extortionists forced him to admit he is gay, SK SOS told The Moscow Times
He had not been heard from since.The SK SOS rights group learned that Dadayev was held in the basement of a police station in the Chechen
SK SOS said police had told Dadayev that they were seeking to avoid a public outcry from LGBTQ+ activists, while his family credited
SOS.Credible reports have in recent years documented cases of large-scale arrests and violence toward individuals believed to be gay or
