Human Rights Envoy Disturbed By Alleged Abuses Of Gay Men In Chechnya

The Council of Europe’s human rights chief, Nils Muiznieks, said he was very disturbed by reports of torture and killing of gay men in Chechnya. Speaking to RFE/RL senior correspondent Pete Baumgartner on September 26, Muiznieks criticized Moscow's lack of cooperation amid reports of rights abuses in Chechnya and Russia-occupied Crimea. (RFE/RL)