'They Told Me I Wasn't A Human Being': Gay Men Speak Of Brutal Treatment In Chechnya
Two gay men tell NPR they were kidnapped, beaten and interrogated in Chechnya before they were able to find refuge in Moscow. Human Rights Watch warns that Chechnya is conducting an "anti-gay purge."
At an unmarked apartment building in Moscow, there's a notice taped to a large metal door with a list of tenants who haven't paid their rent. Up five flights of stairs, on the top floor, two young men sit side by side on an old couch in a one-bedroom apartment.
They're calling themselves Gregory and Arnie. They don't want to use their real names because they fear for their lives. Both men recently left
