@tariqk Yeahh. So in the same article: "The press secretary for Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, described the report as "lies" and stated there were no gay people in Chechnya.

"If there were such people in Chechnya, law-enforcement agencies wouldn't need to have anything to do with them because their relatives would send them somewhere from which there is no returning," he said."

So pretty sure writing them back is not going to do much.

@tats I think at this point it's a matter of pressuring governments and corporations to boycott the fuck out of the Russian Federation, and subject them to economic sanctions against what is very clearly genocide. This'll be a challenge, and in the meantime, people die.

@tats It's not going to help matters that, let's be real, practically every government in ASEAN is either homophobic as fuck or are totally okay with torturing or killing civilians, or both. So they're not exactly what we'd call… receptive to calls of protecting LGBT folk from being murdered by the state.

@tats Here's something from the Russian LGBT Network: https://lgbtnet.org/en/content/statement-russian-lgbt-networks-board-regarding-information-kidnappings-and-murders-lgbt

Caveat: “...please remember that any uncoordinated actions can put additional danger in need and those who are ready to help.”

@tats Some additional cautions — there is a chance that DMs and IMs may be monitored by state entities, so take that into consideration