Close the gay concentration camps
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To President Putin and all Russian authorities:

As concerned citizens from around the world, we strongly urge you to close the gay prison camps, to stop the crackdown on homosexuals in Chechnya, and to uphold the values of justice and tolerance.
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To President Putin and all Russian authorities:
"As concerned citizens from around the world, we strongly urge you to close the gay prison camps, to stop the crackdown on homosexuals in Chechnya, and to uphold the values of justice and tolerance."
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Chechnya has opened the world’s first concentration camps for gay people and they're as horrific as they sound. Men are being electrocuted, tortured until they reveal other names of gay people, and beaten so badly that some have died.

This is the first time we’ve seen camps like this since the Nazis. It’s both terribly upsetting and infuriating all at once, but we have a plan to stop it.

Avaaz will work with activists on the ground to help rescue the prisoners and set up a safe house, but first we need to show there’s a massive global outcry to end the crackdown. Join the urgent campaign and tell everyone - let’s get to one million.

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